Gelatin silver print of Mississippi flood, showing train tracks in a rural area
date: label: Date
content: 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 features a train track heading off to the vanish point. On either side of the tracks is farmland and telecommunications wires.
place: label: Place captured
content: Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
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: 2011.13.42
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)