<I>Vicksburg, Miss. 5-3-27</I>
date: label: Date
content: May 3, 1927
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Commissioned by
content: Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851
notes: label: Description
content: 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: label: Place captured
content: Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Gelatin silver print of the 1927 Mississippi River flood
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Great Migration
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1919-1933
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.13.53
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1927 Illinois Central Railroad
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7 7/8 x 10 1/16 in. (20 x 25.5 cm)