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Images can make such a difference in an article and help explain things that words simply cannot. True, there is such a thing as too many pictures in an article, but too many articles suffer from too few. I have contributed several hundred images, most of which are in the public domain now. All of my public domain images and files are now on the Wikimedia Commons, which I registered for in January 2008. Having the PD images on the Commons allows more people to use them in the various language versions of Wikipedia and allows them to be grouped with similar images better. On top of all this, it allows editors to upload more photos and not have to worry about them being used right away in an article like on Wikipedia. Images not used on Wikipedia become orphaned and will be deleted if they are left like that for long. It also frees up more space on Wikipedia for article creation and expansion.
[edit] Public domain photos I have taken and/or uploaded
I try to get pictures of buildings to be used in various articles. My policy is only to use my own pictures if another one hasn't already been uploaded or if I feel my image is in every way far superior to the one I am replacing or is an update. No need to replace an image that is already good and up to date!
I have taken several pictures of my hometown of Kent, Ohio, particularly of historical buildings
Original Carnegie building of the Kent Free Library. This building opened in 1903. This picture was actually picked up by Encyclopedia Britannica for their online article on Kent.
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View of the Kent Free Library shortly after the completion of the latest expansion in 2006. This is not a very good picture and I'm hoping to get a much better shot soon.
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View of the stone arch bridge, built in 1877 with the 1836 stone arch dam in the foreground, a relic of the P&O Canal. Both form part of the Kent Industrial District listing on the NRHP.
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Another view of the 1877 stone arch bridge in downtown Kent.
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View of the former and widened P&O Canal lock in downtown Kent adjacent to the stone arch dam. Picture taken by my grandfather Barton Derby.
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View of downtown Kent, December 2006.
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P&O Canal aqueduct in southern Kent, built ca. 1840.
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Another view of the P&O Canal aqueduct, built to carry the canal over Plum Creek.
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Another view of the Arvin Olin house.
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View of part of the Kent West Main Historical District, a listing on the National Register of Historic Places of several historic homes from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Another view of part of the Kent West Main Historical District.
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A view of the old stone arch bridge and downtown Kent in 2009.
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The stone arch bridge and the stone arch dam, which has water pumped over artificially, Summer 2009.
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Ruins of the former Kent flour mill along the Cuyahoga River. Picture taken by my grandfather Barton Derby.
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I took some updated pictures of the Franklin Township Hall that had better lighting mostly. The cupola at the top has also been updated since the 2006 picture.
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Front of Kent Free Library in 2009. Trees and power lines make it difficult to get a good picture of the entire building, but at least the lighting was better than the 2006 version above.
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Downtown Kent looking northwest on East Main Street.
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Downtown Kent looking east on East Main Street.
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Gazebo in Towners Woods Park in Franklin Township just northeast of the Kent city limits.
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Lake Pippen as seen from Towners Woods Park in Franklin Township.
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Main lobby of the 2006 section of the Kent Free Library. It opens out to the rear of the building where the parking lot is.
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Rear view of the Kent Free Library showing the drive-through pick-up area on the left.
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Another rear view of the Kent Free Library as seen from River Street. The original Carnegie portion can be seen on the right.
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Rear, south wall of the original 1902 Carnegie portion of the Kent Free Library.
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Larger view of the corporate headquarters of Davey Tree in Kent.
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Images I have taken of various facilities in the Kent City School District for that article and the Stanton Middle School (Kent, Ohio) and Theodore Roosevelt High School (Kent, Ohio) articles.
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Another view of the Roosevelt campus.
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Another view of the Roosevelt campus and sports facilities.
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Another view of the Roosevelt campus and sports facilities.
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Cafeteria entrance to Roosevelt High School, renovated in 1997.
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View of Roosevelt Stadium during the 2008 Homecoming football game.
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Interior view of the Roosevelt High School gym in 2008.
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Interior view of the Roosevelt High School gym in 2008.
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Interior view of the Roosevelt High School gym in 2008.
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Interior view of the Roosevelt High School gym in 2008.
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Rear view of Stanton Middle School with community fitness center in foreground.
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Front corner view of Stanton Middle School showing gym (right) and music wing.
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Front view of district offices for Kent City School District housed in the former DePeyster School, which first opened in 1888 (front facade dates to 1920s).
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Side view of district offices at former DePeyster School. Section in middle of building is original 1888 portion.
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Front view of Davey Elementary School, which opened in 1922 as Theodore Roosevelt High School. Served as a junior high/middle school from 1959-1999.
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Front view of Roosevelt High School showing the outer wall of the auditorium and the lobby. This side of the building faces North Mantua Street.
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View of Roosevelt High School looking northeast from the soccer practice fields. The auditorium is on the far right, the vocational wing the far left, and the gym to the left of center.
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Much more of an artistic shot here of the rear wall of the Roosevelt High School auditorium.
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Front view of Franklin Elementary School, along SR 43 just north of Roosevelt High School. The center part of the building was the original Franklin Township school until 1959.
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Front view of Roosevelt as seen from North Mantua Street. I was happy I got the picture as the marquee was displaying "Home of the Rough Riders."
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I took this more as a replacement of the similar photo above except this one has better lighting and is during the late summer as opposed to the winder.
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Yet another view of Roosevelt Stadium, but this is a rare gameday picture in daylight since it was taken in early September. This picture was taken in the early seconds of the 2nd quarter of Roosevelt's 21-17 win over Stow.
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[edit] Kent State University
I have taken lots of pictures on the main campus of Kent State University in Kent, particularly the various athletic facilities, but also some of the older buildings on campus that date to the early 20th century.
Night view of the east stands (student section) at Dix Stadium in 2006. As of 2009, the marching band now sits in the north end zone.
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Another interior view of the MAC Center, built in 1950 and renovated in 1992.
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Another interior view of the MAC Center.
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Another interior view of the MAC Center.
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Interior of the MAC Center main lobby, part of the 1992 removations.
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Another view of the main lobby.
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Interior view of the MAC Center during the January 2008 game against the arch-rival Akron Zips.
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Another interior view of the MAC Center during the game against Akron.
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Another interior view of the MAC Center during the game against Akron.
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Another interior view of the MAC Center during the game against Akron.
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Another interior view of the MAC Center during the game against Akron.
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Another interior view of the KSU Ice Arena, built in 1970.
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Another interior view of the KSU Ice Arena.
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Another interior view of the KSU Ice Arena.
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Another interior view of the MAC Center in its gymnastics configuration.
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Kent State would win their 10th conference meet and improved to 5-0 when hosting the event.
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View of Murphy-Mellis Field, home of the KSU field hockey team. It is adjacent to Dix Stadium.
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Diamond at Dix, home of the KSU softball team, also adjacent to Dix Stadium.
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Dix Stadium west stands after most recent renovation in 2007.
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View of east stands (student section) at Dix Stadium. This section was rebuilt in 2003.
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View of Dix Stadium south end zone after 2008 renovations and removal of seating.
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North end zone seats with Field House in background. North end zone was originally part of old Memorial Stadium built in 1950.
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Another view of the Diamond at Dix, home of the KSU softball team.
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Kent State Field House, home of the indoor track and field teams, adjacent to Dix Stadium. It was built in 1990.
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Cartwright and Kent halls on Front Campus in Kent. They are two of the oldest buildings at KSU and are part of an historic district on the NRHP.
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Merrill Hall, the oldest building on the KSU main campus in Kent, opened in 1913.
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Another view of Merrill Hall.
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Kent Hall opened in 1915; previously known as "Science Hall".
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Cartwright Hall, previously known as the Administration Building and later as the Auditorium building.
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Lowry Hall, named after the man who sponsored the Lowry bill which created what has become Kent State University.
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Moulton Hall, originally a women's dorm like Lowry Hall.
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Franklin Hall, opened in 1926 as the Cluff Teacher Training building.
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Front view of Franklin Hall, recently renovated and now home to the School of Journalism and Mass Communication
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Franklin Hall, named after the original name for Kent, Franklin Mills.
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Rockwell Hall, home of the Kent State School of Fashion and the Fashion Museum.
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Rockwell Hall was originally built as the main KSU library and was the first "distinctly collegiate" library when opened in the late 1920s.
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[edit] Mormon historical sites
Although I have been to most historical sites of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints around the country, most didn't need a public domain image. A few of the ones here in Ohio did, so I took the liberty of adding them!
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Side view of the Snow house in Mantua Township. Lorenzo Snow was born on site in 1814.
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Historic marker with Snow house in the background. The house was built in 1815.
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The Kirtland Temple was dedicated in 1836 at a great cost to the early Latter Day Saints. Today it is a National Historic Landmark.
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Today it is owned and maintained by the Community of Christ formerly known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
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In addition to the Kent listings on the National Register of Historic Places, I have also taken several pictures of other listings in Portage County for the chart that lists all the sites.
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The Riddle Block in downtown Ravenna.
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The Thomas F. Young House in Hiram, which now serves as the Hiram Inn adjacent to Hiram College.
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House in the East Main Street Historic District in Ravenna.
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Another house in the East Main Street Historic District in Ravenna, located between Clinton and Linden Streets.
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Riddle Block No. 11 in downtown Ravenna at the corner of East Main and North Prospect Streets.
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Riddle Block No. 9, also in downtown Ravenna at the corner of West Main and North Chestnut Streets.
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The Phoenix Block, located across the street from both the Riddle Block and Riddle Block No. 9 in downtown Ravenna. I am not sure if it includes the entire block or one of the buildings. It just said "northeast corner of Main and Chestnut".
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Rear section of Riddle Block No. 5, located on North Prospect Street just north of East Main Street in downtown Ravenna.
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Riddle Block No. 5 on the corner of East Main and North Prospect. The front was built in 1870 and the back was built in the 1880s. Only after finding the nomination forms did I realize that both buildings were connected.
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Palmyra Center Hotel, also known as the Old Stagecoach Inn, in Palmyra Township. It was built in 1832.
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Another view of the Palmyra Center Hotel with the Ohio Historical Marker. The 3rd floor was added in 1888.
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This is for pictures I have uploaded that don't really fit in any of the "typical" categories I take pictures for.
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The new Ravenna High School under construction. It is scheduled to open in 2010. It is being built adjacent to the school's already-existing athletics facilities.
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Home stands of Ravenna Stadium, where the Ravenna High School Ravens play. It opened around 1998 or 99.
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Visitors seating at Ravenna Stadium. This stadium is unusual to me because the press box is behind the visitors seating rather than behind the home side.
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Closeup of the writing on the headless Garfield statue. It was originally in southern Ohio.
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The Garfield Institute for Public Leadership at Hiram College. The statue can be seen on the left. The Institute is housed in the 1842 Mecca Church, which was recently moved to its current site along SR 700.
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[edit] Maps I have created
Most of these maps I have created were done using Photoshop 7. A few are crops of public domain images.
Map of Kent, Ohio showing the wards and selected streets
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Map showing Portage County, Ohio school districts with township and municipal boundries overlaid. The original school districts map was a crop of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) map of the entire state.
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Map the townships and municipalities of Portage County, Ohio that I made based on the maps from the US Census.
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The small portions of the city of Tallmadge, Ohio that are in Portage County.
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Map of Kent State University's campuses in northeast Ohio. I essentially took the map off the KSU website, removed the KSU logo, and corrected the county lines.
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[edit] Other image files I have created
These were made to be part of two templates I created for retired numbers at Kent State University. See Template: Kent State Golden Flashes football retired numbers and Template: Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball retired numbers.
[edit] Basketball
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Number of Andrew Mitchell
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[edit] Fair-use images I have uploaded
Most fair-use images I have uploaded are logos for various schools or organizations.
[edit] Pictures I have edited
Occasionally I will find pictures that are good, but could use some cropping. I always ask the original uploader if they have a problem with me cropping and uploading the newer version.
Front view of Stanton Middle School in Kent. I cropped this picture to remove a bunch of the parking lot and road below it.
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Front view of Stow-Munroe Falls High School in Stow, Ohio right on the border with Kent. I cropped this picture to remove a bunch of the yard. The uploader ended up using a different version that he cropped himself.
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