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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
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Phone: (818) 677-3517
Fax: (818) 677-2723
steve.graves@csun.edu
Welcome to the American Landscape Project Web Site
Teaching Tools
This page will function as a portal to several possible teaching links.
Currently there is only a flash card game intended to help students in introductory courses on American landscapes, or in introductory human geography courses test their ability to recognize a handful of common folk housing structures.
The links are below take you to the teaching tools.
Instructional Modules
Folk Housing Flash Cards
The folk housing flash cards are intended to help students charged with memorizing folk housing types, regional associations and common characteristics associated with some of the more popular American folk housing types.
Go there now.
Additional Modules Forthcoming
Forthcoming Links
Check back later for additional modules for students seeking to learn about the American Landscape