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Museum object · gelatin silver prints

Leland, Miss. 4-30-27

April 30, 1927

Leland, Washington 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 shows a boy and a girl standing in the BL corner with a flooded cotton gin standing in the background.

Catalog date
April 30, 1927
Recorded places
Leland, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Recorded subjects
African American; American South; Children; Communities; Great Migration; Photography; U.S. History, 1919-1933

Sources & collection details

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: 2011.13.45

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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