Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Ulysses Grant 1870-1880.jpg

Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant sometime between 1870 and 1880, by Mathew Brady or Levin C. Handy

A Commons Featured Picture of the 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, taken sometime between 1870 and 1880. Note the clarity on his face.

Nominate and support. howch e ng {chat} 23:53, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support encyclopedic, clear, striking, great-quality. What more to say? —Jared Hunt September 12, 2006, 00:28 (UTC)
Support good quality for an image so old. Gnangarra 01:42, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wow, what a dusty shoulder! HighInBC 02:20, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Considering the time period, a great image; very encyclopedic. --Tewy 03:09, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Notable historical figure. Good pic. --Billpg 03:56, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support per all above. A photogenic fellow, he was. --Bridgecross 04:10, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support Looks good --Fir0002 10:59, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose. How about doing something about all that dandruff... ;-) To me, it looks like the background and some other parts of the photo have been cleaned up, but dust spots and blemishes are very prominent in other places. --Janke | Talk 13:35, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support. It's all been said. Nauticashades 17:20, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I will for sure support if we can do a little cleanup. Is it possible? (The dust on the image) Arad 04:09, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Classic photograph. Those spots appear to be water stains on a wool suit rather than dandruff. Could use a little dust and scratches cleanup, though. --S0uj1r0 04:13, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Too historical NegativeNed 16:06, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User only has votes on his or her user page, talk page, and Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. See Special:Contributions/NegativeNed. --Tewy 23:39, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How can something be "too historical", anyway? Nauticashades 07:35, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, duh! Anything that's a historical photo is too historical. In order from least historical to most historical: A picture of a dead president. A picture of a wagon wheel. A picture of Shakespeare riding a dinosaur. A picture of Buddha listening to Nirvana on his iPod. A picture of a caveman dragging Wonder Woman by her hair to his cave. Get with the program! :^P -- Moondigger 17:40, 16 September 2006 (UTC) [reply]

Support. Nice image -- good technical quality considering the era; historical value. -- Moondigger 17:40, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Nice. My only quibble is with the caption "...sometime between 1870 and 1880". Surely can't it be dated a bit more precisely? I mean it's not simply some random old photo of just anybody. For some reason I have a feeling this shot dates from his Presidency, but I don't have any evidence for that to hand (and admittedly it only slightly reduces the date spread anyway). --jjron 12:30, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support Since this an historical photo, I would oppose any photoshopping of the image. I think is it is very good just the way it is. I agree with Jjron that it could be dated a little more accurately --rogerd 23:54, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Unfortunately, the Library of Congress isn't any more specific than that. howch e ng {chat} 02:43, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - Too bad, thanks for checking. --rogerd 15:45, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support - One of the best black and white photographs that exist. In my opinion, history adds quality to a picture. --Ineffable3000 02:18, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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