A Rice Raft with Plantation Hands, Near Georgetown, South Carolina, 1901-1909
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These women and children helped harvest an important food source during the late 1800s and early 1900s -- rice. They cultivated rice as their ancestors had done for 200 years. They worked alongside reaper-binders at harvest time, moving the grain to portable threshing machines. After threshing they gleaned the straw, loaded it on rafts, and floated back to their homes to feed their livestock.
These women and children helped harvest an important food source during the late 1800s and early 1900s -- rice. They cultivated rice as their ancestors had done for 200 years. They worked alongside reaper-binders at harvest time, moving the grain to portable threshing machines. After threshing they gleaned the straw, loaded it on rafts, and floated back to their homes to feed their livestock.
Artifact
Stereograph
Date Made
1901-1909
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
92.0.173.14
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Card stock
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.625 in
Width: 7 in
Inscriptions
front, right side: Keystone View Company / Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood / Manufacturers / MADE IN U.S.A. / Publishers front, top: 24 front, left side: Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y. / Chicago, Ill., London, England front, bottom: V23232--A Rice Raft with Plantation Hands, Near George- / town, South Carolina.
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