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OriginalGeorge Foster Peabody in a 1907 photograph by the Pach Brothers
Reason
I was looking around the SCOTUS blog, out off curiosity about the major cases coming up - for those that don't know, I was raised in America before moving to Britain. I saw they won a Peabody Award, and a little wikiwalk later, I found us using a massively scaled-down version of this image. That's relatively common: People grab the Library of Congress' JPEG copies, not realising the TIFFs can be 5 or more times higher resolution. It makes for a very easy way to improve Wikipedia, and I was quite happy to take it.

This is a very good photograph, of a notable businessman, and was a relatively easy restoration, clocking in at 3 hours or so. Plus, I then discovered that the photography studio lacked a sample. As my work only fixed up some dust spots and damage presumably post-dating their photograph, I think this is an excellent sample of their work.

Articles in which this image appears
George Foster Peabody, Pach Brothers, Peabody Award
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others, though we should probably clean that category out a bit - there's a lot of things in it that should rightfully be in the other "People" categories.
Creator
Pach Brothers, restored by Adam Cuerden
As for why it's blurrier - well, I have noticed that there is a dropoff in photographic quality around 1910 for a bit. I could speculate, but don't think it'd be useful. Probably changes in photographic equipment that had advantages other than sharpness. Adam Cuerden (talk) 16:27, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Both tiffs also appear blurry. Not a big deal though since this person may not be particularly interesting. Brandmeistertalk 21:46, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Well, he's notable enough to have his own article, and an award. =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:59, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Seconded. There is no notability threshold for a featured picture, except that which applies to all articles. Notable enough for an article = notable enough for an FP. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:36, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Pach Brothers - George Foster Peabody.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:03, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]