Object Details
- Description
- The logo of the Illinois Central Railroad system. The company commissioned a photographer to take photographs of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Commissioned by
- Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851
- Date
- 1927
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Dimensions
- H x W: 20 x 25 1/2 in. (50.8 x 64.8 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
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