Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/New york times- titanic edition

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[edit] Titanic's sinking featured in the New York Times

Original
Original
Reason
not the best techincal quality however, the writing is readable just about; and given that the subject is 95 years old, a better print may be harder to find. The image also has huge historical value
Proposed caption
The sinking of the White Star Lines RMS Titanic documented in the New York Times.
Articles this image appears in
RMS Titanic
Creator
New York Times presumable. In the united states public domain
  • Support as nominator Hadseys 16:04, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - I'm sure a higher resolution version of this page must be available somewhere. We're talking about a famous front page of The New York Times from less than 100 years ago. I imagine one could go down to their local library and request a high resolution scan of this page from microfilm if one isn't available on the internet. Thoughts? Kaldari 17:56, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
    • BTW, it looks like you can buy a reproduction of this page from The New York Times for $19. Anyone want to buy it and scan it at 300dpi? Kaldari 18:01, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose. I considered nomming a version of this, but beyond being blurry, the horizontal lines are just too wavy and bent. There's got to be a better version out there. Spikebrennan 18:42, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment bear in mind that newspaper printing in 1912 was a bit crappy --Hadseys 19:07, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose--Great idea, but as above, I'm not convinced that print quality is the problem here. The waviness of the horizontal lines suggests that the paper is not flat against the glass--I've never seen that on historical newsprint; I've certainly seen it on not-so-great scans. Given that over 100,000 copies of this page were printed, there have to be some that are better preserved. Chick Bowen 20:59, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
    • By the way, please add a source to the image description page; the image is clearly public domain in the US, but it would be useful to know where the scan originates from. Chick Bowen 21:01, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 08:47, 25 October 2007 (UTC)