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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
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Donating Slides or Slide Collections
The American Landscape Project actively seeks slide collections focusing on the American Landscape.
DON'T LEAVE THEM ON THE SHELF!
Geographers, Landscape Architects, Historians, Photographers and other assorted road warriors interested in donating slides or electronic images to The American Landscape Project should contact Steve Graves (818.677-3517).
Donated slides will be evaluated, scanned or digitally photographed, categorized and uploaded to the internet server.
Images with identifying captions (especially location) are most desired.
All photography will be credited to its original author in the searchable database, but a watermark, indicating copyright for The American Landscape Project will be placed on each digitally reproduced photograph published on the internet.
