Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Aerial photograph of the upper Combahee River
2012
Combahee 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 digital aerial photograph of the upper Combahee River meandering through dense forestlands in Colleton County, South Carolina. In the left portion of the image’s top edge, the river appears dark blue in the sunlight, and gradually becomes darker, eventually appearing pitch black toward the bottom. The inner banks of two peninsulas appear flatter and lighter than the surrounding vegetation.
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Catalog reference: 2014.216.35
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