Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Brooklyn, 1879

 
Original - Currier and Ives chromolithograph of Brooklyn, 1879.
Reason
Detailed chromolithograph of Brooklyn, New York as it appeared during the late nineteenth century. Individual storefronts by the docks are legibly named. Restored version of File:Currier & Ives Brooklyn.jpg (very high resolution).
Articles this image appears in
History of Brooklyn
Creator
Currier and Ives

Promoted Image:Currier & Ives Brooklyn2.jpg --SpencerT♦C 23:22, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]