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OriginalMabel Vernon, Secretary of the National Woman's Party, who was in charge of the organization of the Silent Sentinels protest, and was among the first arrested.
Reason
This is one of the requests I got. Not particularly hard, but I think the results are worth it. Typical 1910s-1920s fadeout at the bottom, which I think is fine; nothing too awful to fix. I did spend some extra time on the face, as that always seems to pay dividends. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.1% of all FPs 23:57, 21 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Articles in which this image appears
Mabel Vernon, National Woman's Party, Hall of Fame of Delaware Women
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Edmonston, Washington, D.C.; restored by Adam Cuerden
10-4. I've seen that in some old family photos. Sca (talk) 13:41, 24 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It may have been shot with a Petzval "portrait" lens, but in addition to the soft focus, it looks like there's a bit of motion blur, too. --Janke | Talk 09:48, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Mabel Vernon, c. 1917, by Edmonston, Washington, D.C..jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:28, 31 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]