- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Butler Island Flood, before 1938
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1904/1937
- Subject:
- Floods--Georgia--Butler Island
Natural phenomena--Georgia--Butler Island
Disasters--Georgia--Butler Island
Farms--Georgia--Butler Island
Agricultural facilities--Georgia--Butler Island - Location:
- United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, Butler Island, 31.3588367, -81.4678805
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of a farm and surrounding land during a flood on Butler Island, Georgia.
Butler Island is named for Major Pierce Butler, a Revolutionary War veteran, and U.S. Senator from South Carolina. The Butler family owned several plantations on different sea islands off the Georgia coast and grew rice and cotton. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.105.07
ahc082105007a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/441
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
