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Aerial photograph of Sampit River flowing through the Friendfield Plantation

2010

Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

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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 remnant rice fields along a section of the Sampit River flowing through Friendfield Plantation in South Carolina. The river can be seen in the bottom left corner flowing northeastward toward the top of the image. Remnant rice fields on the right appear light brown with patches of greener grass and clusters of taller, leafless trees interspersed. Vestigial canals can also be seen in these fields. Beyond the fields/lower vegetation, taller, greener trees are visible.

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Catalog reference: 2014.216.76

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