Find Photos
There are several ways of retrieving or viewing photos in the gallery.
Using this Archive
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 or county and state information is also included in the archive when such data is available.
Occasionally, a regional indicator, such as "Midwest" or "Upland South" is applied as a photo tag when appropriate.
When the actual location is unknown, an estimated location may be assigned to the photo, with a tag indicating "location uncertain", or "location approximate".
Topic
The photos in the archive have also been categorized by at least one and often more topics. The topic tags roughly correspond to common chapter divisions in an introductory geography textbook.
Key Term and Title
Each photo has a title in the file name, which also frequently includes one or more key terms, or "tags". You may search for photos by tags.
Examples:
Click any of the links below to see sample photos, along with the applied identifers.
- Example: One Room School House
- Example: Pennsylvania Roadsign
- Example: Googie Gas Station
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.
Hopefully, 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.
