Open the Flood Gates, Flooding a Rice Field at High Tide, South Carolina, U.S.A.
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Artifact Overview
Rice grows best when fields are flooded at planting time and periodically during the growing season. Enslaved people built the infrastructure that rice required before the Civil War. After the war, rice cultivation expanded along the Gulf Coast. This stereograph shows a man tending the crop while the back educates viewers about U.S. rice cultivation during the late-19th and early-20th centuries.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Stereograph
Creators
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
92.0.173.13
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: 7 in
Width: 3.625 in
Inscriptions
front, right side: Keystone View Company / Copyrighted / Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers
front, top: 23
front, left side: Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y. / Chicago, Ill., London, England
front, bottom: 20011--Opening the Flood Gates--Flooding a Rice Field at / High Tide, South Carolina, U.S.A.
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