Aerial photograph of Ogeechee River
date: label: Date
content: 2012
name: label: Photograph by
content: David Soliday, American
notes: label: Caption
content: GA – Ogeechee River. Photographed just north of Fort McAllister near Richmond Hill, GA. The view is north towards Tybee Island. Fort McAllister offers the best-preserved earthwork fortification of the Confederacy. The earthworks were attacked seven times by Union ironclads but did not fall until 1864. Just upriver is Henry Ford's plantation. –Description from photographer, David Soliday.
label: Description
content: A digital aerial photograph taken along the Ogeechee River. The image features a deep meander in the river, which appears bright turquoise against the grassy fields of an inner peninsula. A narrow tree-lined strip is visible to the east, on which riverside houses with accompanying jetties can be seen, partially obscured by the surrounding foliage.
place: label: Place captured
content: Ogeechee River, Richmond Hill, Bryan County, Georgia, 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: 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: 2014.216.8
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: 4912 pixels × 7360 pixels, 207.02 MB