Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Aerial photograph of the junction of the Combahee River and Cuckolds Creek
2005
Combahee River, Green Pond, 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 photograph depicting the confluence where Cuckolds Creek flows into the Combahee River. Cuckolds Creek emerges from the images left edge, while the Combahee, seen meandering around brown, saturated fields appears silverish in the sunlight at the top of the image. Quarter ditches and vestigial canals can be seen in the inner field. In the distance, there is taller vegetation, which appears greenish brown.
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Catalog reference: 2014.216.53
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