- Photograph by
- Soliday, David, American
- Date
- ca. 1985; scanned 2012
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5264 pixels × 3531 pixels, 106.4 MB
- Caption
- An old film scan showing quarter ditches resistant to erosion - probably because of their depth. –Description from photographer, David Soliday.
- Description
- 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 captured
- Colleton 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
- 2014.216.82
- Restrictions & Rights
- © David Soliday
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




