Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Scanned photograph of a canal on Bear Island
2008
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 digital scan of a photograph depicting an old rice field canal on Bear Island, South Carolina. It features various species of birds swimming in the canal as well as flying above. Tall grasses flank both sides of the canal as it flows from the image’s center to the left corner. Out in the distance, taller trees can be seen against the sepia sky.
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Catalog reference: 2014.216.119
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