Fence outside Susquehanna House at Its Original Site, St. Mary's County, Maryland, 1930-1939

THF249733 / Fence outside Susquehanna House at Its Original Site, St. Mary's County, Maryland, 1930-1939

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1930-1939

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.2359

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10 in
Width: 8.188 in

Keywords	United States, Maryland, St. Mary's (county) United States, Maryland, Patuxent (river) Photographic prints Photographs Fields (Land) Trees (Woody plants) Wooden fences Original sites Susquehanna Plantation

Artifact
Susquehanna Plantation
Henry Carroll owned this Maryland house on the Patuxent River in the decades before and after the Civil War. Its form -- one room deep with porches -- invited cooling breezes in the warm, humid climate. In 1860, the Carrolls raised tobacco and wheat on their 700-acre plantation. Seventy-five enslaved African Americans provided the skill and labor that supported the Carroll family's comfortable life.