Scanned aerial photograph showing quarter ditches
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1985; scanned 2012
name: label: Photograph by
content: David Soliday, American
notes: label: Caption
content: An old film scan showing quarter ditches resistant to erosion - probably because of their depth. –Description from photographer, David Soliday.
label: Description
content: A digital scan of an aerial photograph depicting “quarter ditches” in remnant rice fields adjacent a section of Folly Creek (South Carolina). The fields and surrounding vegetation appear deep green in contrast to the deep black of the waters flowing through. Four fading lines in the landscape outline the vestigial “quarter ditches.”
place: label: Place captured
content: 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
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2014.216.82
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: 5264 pixels × 3531 pixels, 106.4 MB