A digital aerial photograph of rice fields in the ACE Basin, South Carolina. The grasses in the bottom of the image appear grey with patches of green. Vestigial canals create a green grid in this landscape, while a horizontal canal and a narrow levee with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.216.64
A digital aerial photograph of remnant rice fields along a section of the Combahee River in South Carolina’s ACE Basin region. The river occupies much of the lower half of the image. In the bottom right corner, a remnant rice field can be seen with its…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.216.77
A digital scan of an aerial photograph taken along a section of the lower Combahee River. The lower two-thirds of the photograph features green, grassy remnant rice fields with vestigial canals and “quarter ditches.” Two of these canals run perpendicular…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.216.80
A digital aerial photograph of the Combahee River flowing through the ACE Basin in South Carolina. The river appears darkest in the bottom right corner of the image and almost silverish in the top left. The surrounding wetlands appear almost golden in the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.216.63
A digital aerial photograph of fields near the Georgetown area in South Carolina. Much of the foreground features vestigial canals in fields that appear as various shades of green and brown. Two prominent canals extend from the bottom of the photograph to…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.216.75
A digital aerial photograph of fields adjacent the Edisto River. The river can be seen flowing southward, from the top of the image to the bottom edge. Brown and green fields are visible on its banks, as well as Oakhurst Island on the left and Willltown…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.216.96
A digital aerial photograph of remnant rice fields along a section of Brunswick River in Leland, South Carolina. The river can be seen in the image’s foreground, flowing south from the left edge to the right. In the right, vehicular traffic along Ocean…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.216.131
A digital aerial photograph showing remnants of rice fields near Townsend, Georgia. The lower left corner of the image features the South Newport River meandering eastward through Bull Town Swamp and underneath the Georgia I 95. The river appears almost…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.216.3
A high-contrast digital aerial photograph depicting remnant rice fields in the ACE Basin area of South Carolina. The fields appear as various shades of green, while water in the vestigial canals appears black. “Quarter” ditches are clearly visible between…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.216.106
A digital aerial photograph of fields near the Altamaha River, south of Darien, Georgia. Many streams flow through the wet grassland. Patches of green, black and brown create amorphous shapes in the topography.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.216.29
