How do I provide user feedback?
If you would like to offer comments or give our OhioPix staff feedback, please e-mail us at images@ohiohistory.org. We welcome any comments or suggestions.

How do I order a photo?
Digital images may be purchased and downloaded online. Please print out an order form for prints, permissions-only orders, and audio/video reproductions. View our Order Info page for more information. If you have questions about how to order reproductions, please e-mail us at images@ohiohistory.org.

How do I find out more about an OhioPix image?
If you have a question about an image or research subject please contact the OHS Research Services department.

How do I navigate this site?
There are three methods of navigation on this site:

1. Browsing by Category
   By selecting the People, Places, Events, or Objects tabs on the navigation bar at the top or bottom of the page, you can view images in the database that fit into those categories.  These images are displayed in alphabetical order by title.
   
   
2. Basic Search
   The basic search enables you to search descriptive fields in the OhioPix image database.  You may enter one or more words into the search box to search the title, description, and creator fields in our database.  These fields are described below:
   
   
   • Title:  A brief description of the image.
   • Description:  A more detailed description of the events, people, objects, or places depicted in the image.
   • Creator:  The person or entity responsible for creating the image.  This can be a photographer, a business, a publisher, or other responsible person or organization.
   
   
   Examples:
   1. Single word search: Enter a single word into the search box and click "Search". If you enter the search term Putnam in the search box, you will retrieve any records with the term "Putnam" in the title, description, or creator fields. An example is:
      
      Search Term: Putnam
      Example of a Record Retrieved:
      Title: General Rufus Putnam
      Description: Portrait of General Rufus Putnam (profile), ca. 1880-1889. Putnam was a Revolutionary War veteran and member of the Ohio Company who helped to found Marietta, Ohio and open the Northwest Territory for settlement.
      
      
   2. Multiple-word search: Enter more than one word into the search box and click "Search".  It is not necessary to use Boolean qualifiers such as "and," "not," or "or."  Simply enter the words you would like to use as search criteria. Examples are:
      
      Search terms: National Road
      Example of a Record Retrieved:
      Title: Construction on National Road
      Description: Construction on National Road west of  Zanesville, Ohio, 1913-1915.
      
      
3. Advanced Search
   The advanced search enables you to search the same descriptive fields as the basic search (title, description, and creator), but with the added convenience of limiting search results by date range, media process, media format, and Library of Congress subject headings. The advanced search is most useful for limiting large search results and searching for specific image dates, creators, or content.

   To limit your results by media format or media process, enter the words for your search criteria, check the box to the left of the format or process, and click "Search". This will automatically limit your search results.

   To limit your results by subject, enter the words for your search criteria, and click the subject headings box. An alphabetical list of all of the subject headings assigned to images will appear. Scroll to the appropriate heading, select it, and click "Search". This will automatically limit your results by subject.

   To limit your results by date span, enter the words for your search criteria, click on the date span box, select the appropriate date of the image, and click "Search". The dates in this box are the dates that the photograph was taken, not necessarily the dates of the contents of the image. For example, a photograph of a building built in 1860 was taken in 1931. The image date span assigned to that image would be 1930-1939.

   To search by Library of Congress subject headings, click on the subject headings box and scroll to an appropriate heading. An alphabetical list of all of the subject headings assigned to images will appear. Scroll to the appropriate heading, select it, and click "Search".  You do not need to enter additional search criteria.