Museum object · gelatin silver prints
Illinois Central Railroad logo
1927
African American history · place not specified
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
The logo of the Illinois Central Railroad system. The company commissioned a photographer to take photographs of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River.
- Catalog date
- 1927
- Recorded subjects
- African American; American South; Communities; Great Migration; Photography; U.S. History, 1919-1933
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2011.13.19
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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