Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/San Francisco, 1851

Original - An 1851 daguerrotype of Portsmouth Square, San Francisco.

Reason: During the daguerrotype era portraiture predominated. Street scenes were unusual and this - from the height of the California gold rush - has particular historical value. Focus is good enough that most of the building signs are legible. I've kept the file on the large side for that reason. Removed the artifacts painstakingly with (I hope) minimal affect to actual data. Adjusted the histogram and denoised the sky, 1.1° rotation. No other changes from Image:SanFrancisco1851.jpg. Appears at California gold rush, History of San Francisco, Portsmouth Square, and boomtown.
Articles this image appears in: links to the articles that use this image
Creator: unknown

Support as nominator Durova^Charge! 06:26, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support, amazing how empty the city was even then. --Golbez (talk) 20:37, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Fantastic cleanup job. A great photo. Teque5 (talk) 07:57, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support There's something eerily compelling about this shot that I can't put my finger on. The colouring is a bit weird but composition and quality (considering its age) are great. --mikaul^talk 10:22, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very clear, good quality image of particular historical importance. Chris.B 14:27, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support, per reasons above + high encyclopedic value. Λua∫Wi se ^(talk) 19:42, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support The encyclopedic value > minor technical issues. --Shark face 217 02:12, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:SanFrancisco1851a.jpg --jjron (talk) 15:48, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]