Greenwood, Mississippi Photographs PI/SF/CI/1987.0157

This is a collection of eighty-four black-and-white photographs of Greenwood, Mississippi scenes, circa the 1930's.


Image Arrangement and Numbering

The photographic curator numbered the prints in the order they were received.

Technical Details

Original scans: The original scans of the Greenwood, Mississippi Photographs Collection were made by the Image & Sound Section staff in September 2015, according to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees' approved imaging procedures, following ANSI/AIIM recommended practice. The images were scanned as uncompressed, 8-bit Grayscale TIFFs at 600 pixels per inch.

Conversion: For Web display, the original scans were converted to Zoomify JPEG tile sets in September 2015.

Rights Management

The images in the Greenwood, Mississippi Photographs Collection are in the public domain and therefore free of copyright or other use restrictions. MDAH asks that each image used in a presentation, display, or publication be accompanied by the following credit statement:

Credit: Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Copy Availability

High-resolution TIFFs of the images may be purchased from MDAH. The MDAH Public Order procedure and fee schedule apply. Consult the Photoreproduction and Digital Imaging policy or contact MDAH Reference Staff for order options as well as information on how to obtain and complete the necessary Public Order forms: 601-576-6876 or refdesk@mdah.ms.gov.