The concrete bridge allowed cars more access to U.S. Highway 90. A 22-foot stretch of paved highway opened from Gulfport to Biloxi.
D’Iberville concrete drawbridge replaces 1901 wooden Biloxi Back Bay Bridge
Automobile License Tag and Holder
1927: Mississippi River floods 3 million acres of Delta Land
Kerosene Lantern Used in Flood
One of the worst natural disasters in American history, the Mississippi River flooded 27,000 square miles in 170 counties across 7 states. The flood displaced 700,000 people and killed hundreds more.
Image: Guards used lanterns like this one while patrolling the levee at night looking for structural weaknesses that could become a break or crevasse.
1927: Dennis Murphree becomes Mississippi’s forty-second governor
Governor Dennis Murphree
Murphree served from 1927 to 1928.
Link to the catalog1927: Mississippians deal with devastating effects of flood of 1927
Family tries to save automobile from flood waters, Greenville
The Mississippi Delta region was particularly hard hit by the disaster. This image is one of 124 photographs taken by the flood committee of the Illinois Central Railroad Company in April, May, and October of 1927.
Link to the catalogOctober 7, 1927: Charles Lindbergh lands Spirit of St. Louis at Davis Field in Jackson
Banquet program announcement honoring Lindbergh, Jackson
Lindbergh was on a tour of 82 American cities, flying a distance of 22,000 miles.
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