Photograph by
Soliday, David, American
Date
2012
Medium
digital
Dimensions
H x W: 4698 pixels × 7039 pixels, 189.27 MB
Caption
SC – Georgetown, The Waccamaw River. Georgetown was a huge center for rice cultivation with possibly as much as 35.000 acres under cultivation. The fields are in various phases of disintegration. –Description from photographer, David Soliday.
Description
A digital aerial photograph of remnant rice fields along sections of three rivers: Waccamaw River, Great Pee Dee River and Black River. Black River can be seen along the image’s far right edge before it meanders slightly left and converges with the Great Pee Dee River, which emerges from the lower half of the image’s left edge. The Waccamaw can be seen farthest left. Both L.H. Siau Bridges are faintly visible in the distance, rising above the Waccamaw and the Great Pee Dee, just below Waccamaw point were the rivers converge. South of Waccamaw point, Hare Island and Rabbit Island can be seen in the river, indistinguishable from each other. The fields through which the rivers flow appear bright green in the sunlight, in contrast to the water’s deep blue and the dark green of the distant vegetation.
Place captured
Waccamaw River, Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Portfolio/Series
Remnants of the Rice Culture
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
digital media - born digital
Topic
Agriculture
American South
Nature
Photography
Rice farming
Slavery
United States History
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David Shriver Soliday
Object number
2014.216.68
Restrictions & Rights
© David Soliday
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd588c92c48-b2e5-470e-939d-a1638c0ae195

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