Aerial photograph Pon Pon and Willtown Bluff Plantations
date: label: Date
content: 2013
name: label: Photograph by
content: David Soliday, American
notes: label: Caption
content: Pon Pon and Willtown Bluff Plantations on the lower Edisto. This area was the second settlement in SC - wiped out by Indians in the Yemassee Indian War. –Description from photographer, David Soliday.
label: Description
content: A digital aerial photograph of remnant rice fields along the Edisto River. The river can be seen flowing from the top right past Prospect Hill Island and Edisto Island on the left. Willtown Bluff is clearly visible on the right side of the river, directly across from Edisto Island. Vestigial canals and “quarter ditches” are visible in many of these fields.
place: label: Place captured
content: Edisto River, Colleton County, South 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: 2014.216.97
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: 4778 pixels × 7159 pixels, 7159 MB