Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Harry Houdini

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[edit] Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini (1874-1926) Promotional photo from ca. 1899.
Harry Houdini (1874-1926) Promotional photo from ca. 1899.
Harry Houdini (1874-1926) same image as above from Library of Congress, but the version from LoC is flipped so it was left as is. This appears to be the correct orientation; cf [1].
Harry Houdini (1874-1926) same image as above from Library of Congress, but the version from LoC is flipped so it was left as is. This appears to be the correct orientation; cf [1].
Reason
Best portrait of Houdini "at work" in Wikipedia. 992 px tall, which is just a hair under the requirements. There's some schmutz on the image, but this is a scan of an 1899 image.
Articles this image appears in
Harry Houdini, Escapology, Hungarian American
Creator
Uploader: en:User:IMeowbot 2006-05-02 02:21:00. Date 1899 ca.
  • Support as nominator — Spikebrennan 03:11, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
  • oppose obvious jpeg compression artifacts ... and size. Debivort 04:51, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
  • comment yes the nominated image is very poor quality, bad compression artifacts, as a courtesy I uploaded a better version from the Library of Congress but it is flipped, maybe that is the correct orientation, difficult to tell. Still the resolution is not much better, but it's not suffering from compression artifacts. Bleh999 07:13, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
    • Most of the results of a GIS for "houdini" show his part on the left side of his head, so I believe the LOC version is the correct orientation. --TotoBaggins 18:03, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Good for the Houdini article, but I see no point in featuring it. --Dschwen 11:56, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Either this image or the rolled-up-sleeve version is the most famous depiction of Houdini, but either way, we need a higher-quality version. — BRIAN0918 • 2007-07-03 14:15Z

Not promoted MER-C 07:52, 11 July 2007 (UTC)