- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Rice Fields
- Creator:
- Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891,
- Publisher:
- Harper & Brothers
- Date of Original:
- 1867
- Subject:
- Rivers--Georgia
Ogeechee River (Ga.)
Rice--Georgia--Richmond Hill
Agriculture--Georgia--Richmond Hill - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bryan County, Richmond Hill, 31.93827, -81.30344
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Ogeechee, together with the Savannah, Altamaha, and Satilla rivers, made up the principal "rice rivers" over the course of the entire history of rice cultivation in Georgia.
Drawing from Harper's Weekly showing "Rice Culture on the Ogeechee, Near Savannah, Georgia." The image shows several vignettes of the rice fields. The Ogeechee, together with the Savannah, Altamaha, and Satilla rivers, made up the principal "rice rivers" over the course of the entire history of rice cultivation in Georgia. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/richmond-hill/m-6744/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ds.07365/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/richmond-hill
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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