Scanned aerial photograph of cranes repairing a dike along the Combahee River
date: label: Date
content: 2012
name: label: Photograph by
content: David Soliday, American
notes: label: Caption
content: I observed the mechanical repair of this broken dike by both land and plane for many weeks. During the rice era, multitudes of slaves with shovels and wheelbarrows accomplished the same task sometimes overnight. Bonny Hall Plantation, The Combahee. –Description from photographer, David Soliday.
label: Description
content: A digital scan of an aerial photograph depicting cranes repairing a dike along the Combahee River. In the top right corner, trees and patches of grass along the riverbank are visible. The river itself occupies much of the photograph and appears deep blue in contrast to the flooded fields adjacent its southern bank. Patches of green and brown vegetation grow along the levee that separates the blue river from the grey flooded fields. Two red and white cranes can be seen repairing a part of the levee that has broken.
place: label: Place captured
content: Combahee River, Beaufort 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
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: 2014.216.46
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: 3640 pixels × 5364 pixels, 111.75 MB