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1. Go to [https://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/collections/72157601030031865/ Flickr account] that has county photos | 1. Go to [https://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/collections/72157601030031865/ Flickr account] that has county photos | ||
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2. Choose the state you will be working on and click on it. This will open a master page with photographs of all the county courthouses (You will need to click on each picture to download it). Note, if there is more than one photograph for a county, just choose the best one and download it. | 2. Choose the state you will be working on and click on it. This will open a master page with photographs of all the county courthouses (You will need to click on each picture to download it). Note, if there is more than one photograph for a county, just choose the best one and download it. | ||
3. Click on the photograph you are going to work with and open it. Once you have opened the photograph, there will be a download button (an arrow with a line under it) on the lower right side of the screen. Click on that button. You will then get to choose what size photograph you want to download. Select “square (150 x 150)” and click on it. A pop-up screen will then appear asking what you want to do with the download. Choose “Save File” and then click on “OK.” This will download the picture to the place you normally download files (a download folder, your desktop, etc). The pop-up box will also show you the name of the download (a string of numbers such as 3923472382_19283 with .jpg after it). You will need this number in order to locate the image in your downloads. | 3. Click on the photograph you are going to work with and open it. Once you have opened the photograph, there will be a download button (an arrow with a line under it) on the lower right side of the screen. Click on that button. | ||
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You will then get to choose what size photograph you want to download. Select “square (150 x 150)” and click on it. | |||
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A pop-up screen will then appear asking what you want to do with the download. Choose “Save File” and then click on “OK.” This will download the picture to the place you normally download files (a download folder, your desktop, etc). The pop-up box will also show you the name of the download (a string of numbers such as 3923472382_19283 with .jpg after it). You will need this number in order to locate the image in your downloads. | |||
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4. Go to the file you have downloaded and rename it from the numbers to XXXyyyCourthouse. Change the XXX to the state name and the yyy to the county name. (The Davidson County, TN courthouse would be named TennesseeDavidsonCourthouse. | 4. Go to the file you have downloaded and rename it from the numbers to XXXyyyCourthouse. Change the XXX to the state name and the yyy to the county name. (The Davidson County, TN courthouse would be named TennesseeDavidsonCourthouse. | ||
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5. Continue downloading and renaming until you have finished all of the pictures for that state. | 5. Continue downloading and renaming until you have finished all of the pictures for that state. | ||
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==== Part 2 – Uploading ==== | ==== Part 2 – Uploading ==== | ||