High Water Photo Book: Holding end of dyke at Ashbrook Neck., [ca. 1922]
Scope and Contents note
Includes sets of photographs used to document a particular event, such as the company's participation in a fair; or to document damage due to river flooding (there are 3 groupings of Mississippi River flood damage photographs). Photo book and single photos, Views along the line of Illinois Central Railroad, by R.A. Beck, including some accident and derailment photographs, [n.d.] The first set of photographs of the Mississippi River flood are undated: approximate dates are 1912, 1913, or 1927.
Dates
- Creation: [ca. 1922]
Creator
- From the Collection: Illinois Central Railroad Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives are open for research; they are available a box at a time in the Special Collections Reading Room (Priority III).
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
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