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Museum object · gelatin silver prints

Yazoo City Pan. J8

1927

Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

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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.

A series of gelatin silver prints of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. Eight individual 8x10 images create a panoramic view of a refugee camp.

Catalog date
1927
Recorded places
Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Recorded subjects
African American; American South; Communities; Great Migration; Photography; U.S. History, 1919-1933

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Catalog reference: 2011.13.21

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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