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About the Imagebase

Imagebase is a browsable/searchable database of images and related information (metadata). The current version of the database and original scripts were designed by Anthony Atkins, and are maintained by the Digital Library and Archives.

Use statistics for 1998-2001 are available as a PDF file.

About the Images

For more information about the Images contained in the imagebase, please visit:

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/about/aboutimageshp.html#imagebase.

About the Logo

The logo that appears at the top of these pages was designed by Anthony Atkins, with help from Shawn Mulligan, Robert Smock, and Joel Brown. The logo is a montage of images found in the imagebase. From left to right, these images are:

  • Boys at the entrance of the Beckley Exhibition Mine
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  • Virginia Tech Art Student, 1960s-1970s
    Image Info
  • Cheerleader at the VPI vs. William and Mary Football Game, 1973
    Image Info
  • An Appalachian family canning apple butter
    Image Info
  • Young boy on bike at the Huckleberry Station in Blacksburg
    Image Info
  • Marva Felder, first African-American crowned Homecoming Queen
    Image Info
  • Essex E. Finney, Graduated from VPI in 1959
    Image Info
  • Passenger train in snow, Glenvar, Virginia, 1940s
    Image Info

About the Technology

The scripts that comprise the imagebase are written in PHP, and read and write information to a MySQL database.

Use of these images is governed by our Conditions of Use.


Send questions or comments to:
DLA, University Libraries
Virginia Tech, 560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061


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