Gelatin silver print of four 1927 Mississippi River flood images
- Commissioned by
- Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Date
- 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 is a set of four images on one sheet of paper, itself pasted onto a scrapbook page. At top left: Flooded Smedes Depot; at top right: Flooded Kelso Depot; at bottom left: Flood from boat; at bottom right: Flooded Smeds Depot.
- Place captured
- Nonconnah Creek, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Kelso, Sharkey County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Smedes, Sharkey 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
- 2011.13.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1927 Illinois Central Railroad
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.