Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of a rice barge on the Combahee River
after 1977
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 photograph of a disintegrating rice barge along the Combahee River. The river occupies the left half of the image, while the disintegrating barge can be seen in the foreground, partially lodged in the muddy riverbank. Yellow, grassy riverside vegetation flank either side of the river. To the right, taller, greener trees extend high above the yellow riverside vegetation.
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Catalog reference: 2014.216.60
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