Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Aerial photograph taken along the lower Edisto River
2012
Edisto River, Colleton County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A high-contrast digital aerial photograph of remnant rice fields along a section of the Edisto River in Colleton County, South Carolina. The river can be seen flowing south from the image’s left edge to the top. Along its right bank, Prospect Hill Island is partially visible as well as Oakhurst Island. The river appears bluish black in contrast to the adjacent greenish-black fields.
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Catalog reference: 2014.216.105
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