Flooding the Rice Fields, South Carolina, U.S.A., 1905-1915
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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 operating the gates to flood the crop while language on the reverse educated viewers about U.S. rice cultivation.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Stereograph
Date Made
1920-1929
Subject Date
1905-1915
Creators
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
92.0.173.56
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: undefined in
Width: undefined in
Inscriptions
on left side: Keystone View Company / Manufacturers Publishers / Copyrighted / Made in U.S.A.
on top, center: 104
on right side: Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y., Portland / Oregon, London, Eng., Sydney, Aus.
on bottom, right: 20010 - Flooding the Rice Fields, South Carolina, U.S.A.
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