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Title

Mississippi River Flood of 1927, Page 43 Top Left; 1927-05-01

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 several individuals sitting or standing on a wooden platform next to a sitting cargo-train, and flood waters with debris on the right side. There are two Black children and a Black man on the platform closest to the camera, with a dog next to them on a piece of wood in the water. There is a crowd of people in the background with several triangle-style tents and utility-poles. Text in bottom right reads "Hollandale, Miss. 5-1-27."

Creator

Illinois Central Railroad Company

Date

1927-05-01

Identifier

97166_photo

Rights

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