Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Rockefeller Center, December 1933

Rockefeller Center, December 1933

Reason: Great image of Rockefeller Center with (then) RCA Building in December 1933. Photo taken from DuMont Building by Samuel H. Gottscho. Digital image recovered from released emulsion layer of original 5x7 acetate negative: in 2004, the Library of Congress contracted with Chicago Albumen Works to preserve this deteriorating acetate negative by removing and relaxing the emulsion layer (the pellicle) and producing duplicate negatives and digital files.
Articles this image appears in: GE Building
Creator: Samuel H. Gottscho, photographer. Restored by Michel Vuijlsteke

Support as nominator --Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 14:30, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support - excellent image, beautifully restored (with a lot of effort on the part of the LoC as noted above), wonderful size and quality (expected from the LoC), highly encyclopaedic, pleasing composition and contrast and historic image of historic location. I've updated the Commons image page with some information, added categories and geotagged with heading. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξ φ 16:51, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support Love it! — Jake Wartenberg 16:54, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Please be sure to link directly to unrestored versions at restoration noms and clearly state that the nomination is a restoration. Durova^Charge! 17:13, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Nice one. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:15, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I uploaded the same image and it was removed my Michel Vuijlsteke, who replaced it with his supposed higher-resolution version (3,674 × 5,050 v. 3,708 × 5,219 = basically the same). APK straight up now tell me 20:07, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- It is by no means the same - the resolution is barely larger, but still more faithful to the original, and Michel has done additional restoration work, as noted on the image page. I also fail to understand your point in mentioning this - are you suggesting that him removing your image affects the nomination? —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξ φ 21:21, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - I think it was only fair to bring this up. Some credit should have been given to APK for his earlier effort. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 00:23, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Sorry about that, APK. Contacting you would've been the polite thing to do. Mental note made. -- Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 22:00, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - can anyone give a source proving that the photo was taken from the DuMont building? If they can, I'll need to update the geotag for the image which I (seemingly incorrectly) added to the Commons image page earlier. I had assumed it was the next building along SSW. My bad for not reading the Google Maps street numbers correctly >.<. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξ φ 21:21, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The image is titled "Rockefeller Center and RCA Building from 515 Madison Ave." at the Library of Congress[1]. As far as Wikipedia tells me, 515 Madison Avenue is the DuMont Building. :) -- Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 21:58, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dang. I'm off to redo the geotag then. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξ φ 11:29, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support Noodle snacks (talk) 09:51, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Xxjubilee18 (talk) 13:40, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Rockefeller Center, December 1933.jpg MER-C 02:02, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]