Digital Snapshots

1927 Flood Photograph Collection

Mississippi River Flood of 1927, Page 42 Bottom Right; 1927-05-01

Dublin Core

Title

Mississippi River Flood of 1927, Page 42 Bottom Right; 1927-05-01

Description

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History 1927 Flood Photograph Collection. Shows the bottom right photo of an album page with four black-and-white photographs of flood scenes. Depicts two figures in a row boat, one facing the camera and the other facing away, in the immediate foreground. Also shows the front and a side of a store building behind the two figures, with flood waters reaching halfway up the front windows. There are two poles in front of the building on the photo's left side, trees behind the building on the photo's left side, and several buildings in the right side’s far background. Text in bottom right reads "Hollandale, Miss. 5-1-27."

Creator

Illinois Central Railroad Company

Date

1927-05-01

Identifier

97165_photo

Rights

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