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The Hook Serving Charlottesville & Albemarle CountyVol. 1, No. 1
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Photo credits

Freely licensed and organization press images used in The Hook for Oct. 5, 2026. Captions state what each image actually shows.

Images come from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC0 or public domain), the Library of Congress HABS collection, or an organization's own newsroom. News-outlet photos were not used.

Solar installation from Apex Clean Energy (company photo; illustrative of Apex projects, not specifically Spring Creek)

Local file: img/apex-solar.jpg
Author: Apex Clean Energy
License: Used from Apex Clean Energy newsroom (organization press image)
Source: https://www.apexcleanenergy.com/news/apex-closes-financing-for-150-mw-spring-creek-solar/
Used on: Apex Spring Creek financing

Congregation Beth Israel in Charlottesville (file photo)

Local file: img/beth-israel.jpg
Author: Packer1028
License: CC0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Congregation_Beth_Israel_Charlottesville_1.jpg
Used on: Faith calendar article

HABS south elevation drawing of Buck Mountain Episcopal Church, Earlysville

Local file: img/buck-habs-commons.jpg
Author: Historic American Buildings Survey
License: Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buck_Mountain_Episcopal_Church,_State_Route_743,_Earlysville,_Albemarle_County,_VA_HABS_VA,2-EARL,1-_(sheet_2_of_6).tif
Used on: Buck Mountain Episcopal vicar article (HABS drawing)

Charlottesville High School (file photo)

Local file: img/chs.jpg
Author: Packer1028
License: CC0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charlottesville_High_School,_2024.jpg
Used on: Home Public Safety front; CHS bomb threat; Week 7 preview

Charlottesville High School campus (file photo; cropped from the same Commons image)

Local file: img/chs-campus.jpg
Author: Packer1028
License: CC0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charlottesville_High_School,_2024.jpg
Used on: Home Sports front; Week 6 football scores (crop of CHS Commons photo)

Charlottesville City Hall (file photo)

Local file: img/city-hall.jpg
Author: Billy Hathorn
License: CC BY 3.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:City_Hall,_Charlottesville,_VA_IMG_4212.JPG
Used on: Home lead; City Council tonight; week at City Hall

Charlottesville City Hall (file photo)

Local file: img/city-hall-2.jpg
Author: Alex Proimos
License: CC BY 2.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:City_Hall_Charlottesville_(5868118664).jpg
Used on: City Hall section top; grant brief; Sept. 21 vote

Charlottesville Downtown Mall (file photo)

Local file: img/downtown-mall.jpg
Author: Packer1028
License: CC0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Downtown_Mall,_C'ville_2019.jpg
Used on: NAACP 5th District forum article

Charlottesville Downtown Mall (file photo)

Local file: img/downtown-mall-2.jpg
Author: Bobak Ha'Eri
License: CC BY 3.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2008-0830-Charlottesville-DowntownMall.jpg
Used on: How to help this week

The Jefferson Theater on the Downtown Mall (file photo)

Local file: img/jefferson-theater.jpg
Author: Artaxerxes
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Jefferson_Theater_110_East_Main_Street_Charlottesville_VA_June_2022_01.jpg
Used on: Arts calendar Oct. 5–11

Monticello High School in Albemarle County (file photo)

Local file: img/monticello-hs.jpg
Author: Packer1028
License: CC0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monticello_High_School,_Albemarle_County.jpg
Used on: Home Schools front; ACPS principals article

The Rotunda at the University of Virginia (file photo)

Local file: img/rotunda.jpg
Author: Bestbudbrian
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rotunda_at_University_of_Virginia.jpg
Used on: UVA BIS asynchronous pathway

Scott Stadium at the University of Virginia (file photo)

Local file: img/scott-stadium.jpg
Author: Quintin Soloviev
License: CC BY 4.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scott_Stadium_(University_of_Virginia).jpg
Used on: UVA sports week

University of Virginia Medical Center (file photo)

Local file: img/uva-hospital.jpg
Author: Unknown (Wikimedia Commons)
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uvahospital-aerial.jpg
Used on: Home Business front; UVA Health labs article

Slots left without photos

Obituary portraits for Blanche Louella Snow and Grace Garnett Aldridge remain as striped placeholders. Those need photos from the families.