Restrictions on the usage of photos

All photos on this site are protected by international copyright laws.

You have limited rights to personally view the images with your web browser and to use them as your personal computer wallpaper (or background image) on your own computer. These photos may not otherwise be reproduced, distributed, cropped, resized, or otherwise altered without the written permission of the photographer. No commercial use of these photos may be made in any way. All rights are reserved.

You may not use these photos on any web page, commercial or non-commercial, for profit or non-profit, without written permission from the photographer. You may however link to the photos in the manner described below.

Have you found a photo in our database that you would like to use?
To receive permission to use a photo from PhotosofOldAmerica.com in any other way than the one described above, you have to contact the photographer (the copyright holder) of the photo.

The digital photos on this site are equipped with a footer with copyright and license information and also carry an invisible watermark. If you receive permission to use a particular photo, you may use a copy from PhotosofOldAmerica.com as long as you inform us of the usage as to avoid misunderstandings (we do not appreciate and react strongly when finding our photos on other sites that use them without permission).

Finally, we ask that you mention PhotosofOldAmerica.com where and when you use photos originally found on our site, whatever agreement you have with the photographer. It doesn't need to be big, just a small mention in whatever way you choose. Our only form of online marketing is your help in spreading the word about our website. Please respect that.

Would you like to link to our photos from your web page?
If you have a web page (personal or company) and would like to link to certain photos on PhotosofOldAmerica.com, you do not have to ask for permission as long as you use the code as described below.

To include the thumbnail images of photos from PhotosofOldAmerica.com on your homepage - please read this!

Every photo has a unique ID number. If you want to link to the large version of an individual photo, insert the following code in your web page:

Replace '1' in the code above with the ID number of the photo you want to link to. You will find the ID number of every photo on every entry in the database.

If you want to link to the small (thumbnail) version of a photo use the following code:

Of course, you simply replace the ID number in the above code with the ID number of the photo you want to link to. If you would like to link to several photos at the same time, just add more ID numbers to the code above. Just remember to seprate them with a comma (and no space). For an example:

Please let us know if you have any questions.