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Museum object · gelatin silver prints

Valley Park, Miss. 5-2-27

May 2, 1927

Valley Park, Issaquena 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 gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This photo depicts the flooded train station at Valley Park, MS.

Catalog date
May 2, 1927
Recorded places
Valley Park, Issaquena 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 metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: 2011.13.32

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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