Aerial photograph taken over South Newport River
date: label: Date
content: 2012
name: label: Photograph by
content: David Soliday, American
notes: label: Caption
content: South Newport River, GA. Both history and topography suggest that tell-tale signs of remnant rice fields should be in this foreground creek buffer - but there are none. Remnant fields do exist downriver on the ocean side of I-95. Possibly storms erased all evidence. Old satellite imagery shows identical wildlife paths suggesting a hard pan marsh. –Description from photographer, David Soliday.
label: Description
content: A digital aerial photograph showing remnants of rice fields near Townsend, Georgia. The lower left corner of the image features the South Newport River meandering eastward through Bull Town Swamp and underneath the Georgia I 95. The river appears almost turquoise in contrast to the surrounding brownish green wetlands. After re-emerging on the eastern side of the I 95, the river becomes Blackbird Creek and appears silverish in the direct sunlight. A radio tower can be seen in the center of the photograph alongside the highway and several other buildings.
place: label: Place captured
content: South Newport River, Townsend, McIntosh 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: 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: 2014.216.3
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, 206.91 MB