- Photograph by
- Soliday, David, American
- Date
- 2012
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3640 pixels × 5364 pixels, 111.75 MB
- Caption
- 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.
- Description
- 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 captured
- Combahee River, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Remnants of the Rice Culture
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David Shriver Soliday
- Object number
- 2014.216.46
- Restrictions & Rights
- © David Soliday
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




