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There are several ways of retrieving or viewing photos in the gallery.

• Google Earth
• Microsoft Excel
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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.

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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.

1. Example:Dogtrot House
2. Example:Mega Church
3. Example:Gas Station
4. Example:Abandoned Factory
5. Example: Oil Well

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