Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cedar Key, Florida 1884

Original - Cedar Key, Florida in 1884.

Reason: A high resolution historic lithograph of a town listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, created before an 1896s hurricane and fire destroyed many of the original structures. Every major building in town is identified.
Articles this image appears in: Cedar Key, Florida
Creator: Stoner, J. J.

Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 10:11, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice one --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 14:56, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support A high quality scan, I like the detail. Question: How did J.J. Stoner get the view for the lithograph? Looking at the other images in the article, and on commons, there isn't a high view to get a vantage point like this. Spencer^T♦^C 01:49, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Lithographs of American cityscapes were fairly common during this era. I'm not certain of the techniques that were used--specualtion here, but possibly a composite of maps and sketches from an observation balloon. Durova^Charge! 06:20, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Ah. That's interesting. Thanks, Spencer^T♦^C 10:57, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice find; I like a detail of it. M.K. (talk) 21:13, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Interesting font used in the publisher note. Matt Deres (talk) 15:49, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment If you zoom enough, in the middle, there's a building that looks like its floating in the water. Pie is good ^{(Apple is the best)} 01:02, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Cedar Key 1884b small.jpg MER-C 10:11, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]