Digital Snapshots

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Title

Mississippi River Flood of 1927, Page 83; 1927-05-10

Description

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History 1927 Flood Photograph Collection. Shows a single black-and-white photograph of a flood scene. The camera is looking down from an elevated position towards flooded tracks, several buildings, train box-cars, and vehicles. On the photo’s right side are several utility-poles that run from foreground to background. In the foreground on the camera's left is a building with three vehicles parked on its sidewalk, and four figures stand near the ramp that leads into the water. There are trees by the buildings and a tree line in the far background. Text in bottom right reads "Scott 5-10-27."

Creator

Illinois Central Railroad Company

Date

1927-05-10

Identifier

78079_photo

Rights

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