Aerial photograph taken over Eagles Island, NC
date: label: Date
content: 2012
name: label: Photograph by
content: David Soliday, American
notes: label: Caption
content: NC - Cape Fear River. So many plantations were very remote, not near a city at all. Here, we see the city of Wilmington so near. –Description from photographer, David Soliday.
label: Description
content: A digital aerial photograph of remnant rice fields along a section of Brunswick River in Leland, South Carolina. The river can be seen in the image’s foreground, flowing south from the left edge to the right. In the right, vehicular traffic along Ocean Parkway pass over Brunswick River and through the remnant fields of Eagles Island (also known as Eagle Island) before disappearing behind trees on the island. Out in the distance, two other bridges can be seen on Eagles Island, rising above Cape Fear River. The Battleship North Carolina is also visible on Cape Fear River, across the water from Wilmington’s Historic District.
place: label: Place captured
content: Brunswick River, Leland, Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Wilmington, Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Nature
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rice farming
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: United States History
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Remnants of the Rice Culture
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David Shriver Soliday
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.216.131
objectType: label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © David Soliday
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4424 pixels × 6629 pixels, 167.85 MB