Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Currier and Ives Brooklyn Bridge

Currier and Ives Brooklyn Bridge

Original Chromolithograph of the Brooklyn Bridge in the City of New York, New York, United States, by Currier and Ives. Original caption: "The great East River suspension bridge: connecting the cities of New York and Brooklyn, looking west"

Reason

Chromolithograph of the Brooklyn Bridge shortly after construction. Engineering specs in caption. Very high resolution. Restored version of File:Currier and Ives Brooklyn Bridge.jpg. Smaller version available for viewers with slow connection speeds at File:Currier and Ives Brooklyn Bridge2 courtesy copy.jpg

Articles this image appears in

Brooklyn Bridge, History of Brooklyn

Creator

Currier and Ives

• Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 03:50, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
• We can has caption plz? MER-C 04:23, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
  • (blush) Done. Durova^Charge! 04:37, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support Grainy looking, but also very detailed. Noodle snacks (talk) 08:53, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
  • Graininess is part of the lithographic technique: acid is used to burn small pits in a metal plate, and the longer the acid is left on, the more pits. These pits hold the ink, and are visible - you guessed it - as graininess in the final image. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 16:13, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support Interesting, good EV. That must be Trinity Church in the background. Fletcher (talk) 02:20, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support. High quality, good detail. Spencer^{T♦Nominate!} 01:21, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support Good EV. Makeemlighter (talk) 00:21, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Promoted File:Currier and Ives Brooklyn Bridge2.jpg MER-C 10:32, 21 March 2009 (UTC)