**UPDATED 4/22/2011**
NCpedia contains short profiles about each of North Carolina’s one hundred counties. These profiles include basic demographic information and a brief overview of the county’s origins. http://ncpedia.org/geography/counties
We currently do not have photographs of scenery or interesting places in each county, however.
Do you have digital photographs of places in North Carolina? Do you use Flickr? Would you like your Flickr photos featured in NCpedia’s county profiles?
Contributing them is an easy two-step process!
First, let Flickr know you are okay with sharing your photos with us. To do this, go to the “Privacy & Permissions” settings on your account to make sure the answers to the following questions are as follows:
- “Allow others to share your stuff?” Yes
- “Allow your stuff to be added to a gallery?” Yes
- “Hide your stuff from public searches?” No
Second, add the following tags to the photos you would like to appear in NCpedia:
- ncpedia
- the county name, as one word. For example: wakecounty, pendercounty, cravencounty
The photos that appear in NCpedia will link back to their originals in Flickr. So, NCpedia users will be able to find other images you have taken by following the link and viewing your photostream.
Naturally, we are only able to include images appropriate for all audiences.
Please spread the word if you know anyone who might be interested in helping to make NCpedia even better by sharing their North Carolina photographs!
I’m in the process of visiting all 100 counties in North Carolina, photographing and blogging about them. I’m working on getting all my county pictures on Flickr too. Would be glad to tag some for NCpedia as time permits.
Thanks Lesley! Sounds like an interesting project. Good luck on your travels!
I have almost 2,000 recent photos of Edgecombe County, Tarboro and all of its small towns, communities, rural scenes, etc. My photos definitely have a historic theme to them, plus scenic views, farms, barns, interesting places and things. I don’t known what to actually offer. Please have a look and let me know what you think may be needed. This is a self-motivated project I began this Winter, and is constantly evolving and being supplemented.
Wow! You have so many wonderful photographs! We would love to use some in NCpedia to illustrate Edgecombe County (and two for Wilson County).
I tried to choose just a sampling of your images to both give individuals a taste of the places you have photographed and the incredible photos you have posted. I have emailed you directly.
Thank you again.
Michelle Czaikowski (Government & Heritage Library)
Added three of Belk Library at Elon University in Alamance County.
I noticed them yesterday! Thank you so very much! We greatly appreciate it!
-Michelle Czaikowski
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