- Created by
- Unidentified
- Commissioned by
- Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851
- Date
- May 3, 1927
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7 7/8 x 10 1/16 in. (20 x 25.5 cm)
- Description
- A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This photo depicts an area near Vicksburg where the railroad tracks are protected from the floodwaters by tall, deep walls of sand bags.
- Place captured
- Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- American South
- Communities
- Great Migration
- Photography
- U.S. History, 1919-1933
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.13.53
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1927 Illinois Central Railroad
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.