Museum object · gelatin silver prints
Y. & M. V. R. R. Station Egremont, Miss. 5-2-27
May 2, 1927
Egremont, Sharkey County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
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 Egremont, Mississippi.
- Catalog date
- May 2, 1927
- Recorded places
- Egremont, Sharkey County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; American South; Communities; Great Migration; Photography; Transportation; U.S. History, 1919-1933
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2011.13.30
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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