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Original - Steamboat Sultana on fire, Mississippi river, 1865 (worst loss of life, over 1,700, on any steamboat in U.S. history)
Reason
1865 Harper's Weekly illustration of the Sultana (steamboat) explosion. Over 1700 Union Army soldiers released from Andersonville and other prison camps at the end of the war were tragically killed or drowned on their way back home on this overcrowded steamer. The image is freely license (produced in 1865), excellent contrast for B&W, balanced, historically accurate, unique image, good resolution for a historic image, no digital manipulation
Proposed caption
Sultana explodes carrying Union soldiers released from prison camps in 1865, the greatest maritime disaster in U.S. history
Articles this image appears in
Adds tremendous value to Sultana (steamboat) and Shipwrecks of the inland Columbia River
Creator
TeVe
Comment, I can scan at much better resolution, however it will not fit into the scanner I have. I had read through the FP criteria and it said that exceptions could be made to the 1000px policy for historic images. MrPrada (talk) 22:53, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The new scan is closer to the size requirements, but the coloration is uneven and there are some stray vertical lines that should be cleaned up. What's going on in the corners-- is that the text from the reverse side of the page showing through? Spikebrennan (talk) 14:22, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, the larger version I just uploaded is a bit yellow. Not sure if you like the original better. MrPrada (talk) 00:05, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Its still not very detailed for an engraving. 8thstar 18:42, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 09:08, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]