Aerial photograph of the upper Combahee River
date: label: Date
content: 2012
name: label: Photograph by
content: David Soliday, American
notes: label: Caption
content: SC - Upper Combahee. Prior to the transition from inland reservoirs to tidal irrigated rice cultivation, most SC rivers were buffered by forested bottomland swamps. These swamps were cleared - the trees often used for underpinnings of embankments. –Description from photographer, David Soliday.
label: Description
content: A digital aerial photograph of the upper Combahee River meandering through dense forestlands in Colleton County, South Carolina. In the left portion of the image’s top edge, the river appears dark blue in the sunlight, and gradually becomes darker, eventually appearing pitch black toward the bottom. The inner banks of two peninsulas appear flatter and lighter than the surrounding vegetation.
place: label: Place captured
content: Combahee 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: 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: 2014.216.35
objectType: label: Type
content: digital media - born analog
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: 3553 pixels × 5355 pixels, 108.91 MB