<I>S. S. Sprague Arriving at Vicksburg with 9 Barges Loaded with Refugees from Greenville and vicinity - April 1927</I>
date: label: Date
content: April 1927
name: label: Commissioned by
content: Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851
label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This photo depicts a river barge delivering refugees from Greenville, Mississippi. The S.S. Sprague, when built, was the largest steam powered sternwheeler towboat.
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: 2011.13.60
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)