Digital Snapshots

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Title

Mississippi River Flood of 1927, Page 23 Top Left; 1927-04-30

Description

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History 1927 Flood Photograph Collection. Shows the top left photo of an album page with four black-and-white photographs of flood scenes. Depicts a flooded street and sidewalk that are lined with buildings, light posts, and power lines and poles on both sides. Several people walk on make-shift elevated walkways made from wooden supports and planks. The floodwaters reach to the foundations of the buildings. Text in bottom right reads "Greenville 4-30-27."

Creator

Illinois Central Railroad Company

Date

1927-04-30

Identifier

97150_photo

Rights

NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/