Susquehanna Plantation House at Its Original Site, Saint Marys County, Maryland, 1942
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Susquehanna Plantation, home to the Carroll family, was one of the largest, most productive farms in southern Maryland during the 1800s. Its success was made possible through the labor of 65 enslaved African Americans. The plantation house, seen here at its original site, was a common form in the Tidewater Maryland region--one room deep with long front and back porches designed for ventilation.
Susquehanna Plantation, home to the Carroll family, was one of the largest, most productive farms in southern Maryland during the 1800s. Its success was made possible through the labor of 65 enslaved African Americans. The plantation house, seen here at its original site, was a common form in the Tidewater Maryland region--one room deep with long front and back porches designed for ventilation.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1942
Creators
Unknown
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.188.P.70080
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 10.875 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten into image in lower right hand corner: 70080
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