Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Earthquake tent shelter

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[edit] Earthquake tent shelter

Displaced victims of the earthquake, in front of a temporary tent shelter. Other tents can be seen in the background at right.
Displaced victims of the earthquake, in front of a temporary tent shelter. Other tents can be seen in the background at right.
Reason
A picture that adds significantly to the SF 1906 earthquake article - the very first shelters were tents, before the Army built more permanent shelters. A high quality scan (1381 by 1078 px) of a 1906 snapshot that has survived in good shape for over 100 years. A snaphot, yes, but with high historical significance.
Articles this image appears in
1906_San_Francisco_earthquake
Creator
Unknown, from uploader's family album. (Third person from left is a sister of my great-grandmother.)
Nominator
Janke | Talk
  • Support — Janke | Talk 15:46, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment: I think the image illustrates the clothing of the period very well, but doesn't do much to illustrate the tents, nor the article in question. — BRIAN0918 • 2007-03-12 16:21Z
  • Oppose, until there is a good extended caption to place the image in historical context.--ragesoss 19:52, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Ditto Brian. I couldn't tell from the picture that this is near SF, related to an earthquake, or even a shelter. For all I know this could be a camping vacation in sweden. Just commenting on the picture, this doesn't mean that I doubt your word if you say it is what it is, Janke! --Dschwen 20:24, 12 March 2007 (UTC) Still a great find though!
    • Unfortunately, our great-aunt died many years ago (at the ripe age of 98!), so it's impossible to get any more info about the picture, or the location, other than what's written in the album. She lived in California for over a decade back then, and we have many of her pictures from SF. I doubt anyone can pinpoint the exact location of this shot, without having access to records of displaced people - such records may (or may not) have been kept back then. --Janke | Talk 07:00, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose, compared to some of the other quake FPs this isn't so great. gren グレン 03:38, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
    • Well, this doesn't show the quake, it shows the displaced victims in front of their tent shelter... ;-) Seriously, I think it adds some human perspective to the article. --Janke | Talk 07:00, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose with regrets. This is a nice picture, with the right amount of patina to convey "old", but as has been mentioned before, the occasion of this tent outing remains unclear. Also there are a bunch of technical problems, e.g. the elder gentleman on the right has no eyes. And finally, no caption. I'll give it a E4T5A9. ~ trialsanderrors 17:42, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose I may be missing something, but I don't see how the picture demonstrates that they actually are quake victims. They could be anyone in 1906 merely standing in front of a tent. -- Sturgeonman 20:20, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 08:37, 19 March 2007 (UTC)