Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Swanston and Flinders St intersection 1927.jpg

Historic Flinders Street Station, Melbourne

Flinders Street Station, Melbourne, 1927

Since it looks like the Flinders St Station candidate from last week won't get through, thought I would nominate the historic 1927 image that so many people said they liked. Some interesting things include the mix of motor vehicles and horse drawn carts on the streets, and it appears the trams are electrified, at least in Swanston St (earlier than I would have thought). To me it is a fantastic picture of the station, has historic and encyclopaedic value, shows how little (and much) the station has changed in eighty years, and is pretty good size and quality for its age. It appears in the Flinders Street Station, Flinders Street, Melbourne, and Melbourne articles. It was uploaded by User Gsl on commons. Don't know the original photographer, but it is in the public domain as it's out of copyright.

Nominate and support. - jjron 11:21, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
High support - Great encyclopaedic value. MosheA 22:51, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support Did they do Hook turns with the horses? :-) -Glaurung 06:03, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I wish they'd make trams do hook turns! BTW, if you were serious, the hook turn article doesn't mention this, but if my memory serves me correct hook turns weren't introduced until somewhere around the early 1980s. Most horses and carts were off the streets by then. :) --jjron 10:19, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support. As per above Swollib 06:11, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support. It's a good and fairly large image, and I couldn't find any similar historical featured pictures with both architecture and people. erikD 16:53, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Per nomination. --Mad Max 01:34, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
oppose. Its abit dull and old. I agree it is good for a historic photo but not good enough for featured pic.211.30.199.85 07:06, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
(New user, whose only edits are on FPC, --Janke | Talk 07:29, 3 June 2006 (UTC))[reply]
Support A good scan of an old, informative image. --Janke | Talk 08:26, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I just love these old photographs. Janderk 09:58, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great image. Since my previous nom failed, it's nice to see a Flinder St Station image getting featured. --Fir0002 www 10:15, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Swanston and Flinders St intersection 1927.jpg ~ Veledan • Talk 10:38, 10 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]