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Find Photos in the Archive
There are several ways of retrieving or viewing photos in the gallery.
Archive Categories
I House: Williamsport, Ohio
The I house pictured here, is a typical example of the type of photo included in this archive.
To find this photo, you can search through the archives by key terms associated with this photo. Each photo is cataloged by architectural characteristics (I-House), regional identification (Midwest); absolute location (Williamsport, Ohio); and by one or more general categories (folk housing, agriculture). See discussion below for additional information.
Absolute Location
Each photo in this archive hs been assigned at least one indicator of the location of the photo. If precise coordinates are available, the photo is geotagged with latitude and longitude coordinates.City, county, state and ZIP code are also included in the archive when such data is available.When the actual location is unknown, an estimated location is assigned to the photo.
Region
Because this archive was originally developed as a teaching tool, regional identification tags have been added to each photo when it is reasonable to do so.
Topic
The photos in the archive have also been categorized by at least one and as many as three topics or themes.
Key Term and Title
Each photo has a title in the file name, which also frequently includes one or more key terms.
Examples:
Click any of the links below to see sample photos, along with the applied identifers.
- Example:Dogtrot House
- Example:Mega Church
- Example:Gas Station
- Example:Abandoned Factory
- Example: Oil Well
Contact
Dr. Steven M. Graves
Geography Department
130-B Sierra Hall
CSU Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8249
Phone: (818) 677-3517
Fax: (818) 677-2723
steve.graves@csun.edu
Welcome to the American Landscape Project Web Site
About the Archive
The American Landscape Project was conceived as a means to collect, preserve and make publicly available the slide and photographic collections of geographers and other scholars of the American Landscape.
Too often these slide collections, though providing incredibly valuable witness to the shaping of 20th Century America, have no audience as they are put to rest on bookshelves, garages or even into trash bins.
It is the goal of the American Landscape Project to gather together such slide collections so that they can be digitally reproduced and published on the internet.
As the on-line collection grows, it may evolve into an important visual record of American landscape as it has evolved over the past 100 years.
Please feel free to tour the fabulous variety and great regularities of the American landscape.
I hope that teachers, students and researchers find creative ways to use these images as they seek to come to a more complete understanding the United States.
You may search for images either by using the interactive, clickable maps or by entering key words in the searchable database. Students are encouraged to peruse the bibliography of landscape research so that they may combine the visual imagery presented herein with the scholarly discussions about landscapes.
Most important, we encourage visitors to go out and experience America first hand. Taste the foods, hear the songs and see the scenes available to them on the open road. Remember to take your camera!
These photographs may not be used for commercial purposes without expressed written consent of the photographer and/or Steve Graves. .
