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Stanford University's statue of Louis Agassiz, toppled by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Edit by trialsanderrors: retrieved orginal USGS image, restored and downsampled.
Alternative perspective: Frank Davey version with niche and statue of Alexander von Humboldt.
Reason
It is a historically significant photograph, of reasonably high resolution, and is very eye-catching.
Articles this image appears in
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Creator
W. C. Mendenhall
Nominator
Readro
  • The image or the subject? There are any number of versions of the subject in the online libraries, from a variety of angles. This one is a pretty poor one, and I also believe it gets most of its visual attraction from digital enhancement. ~ trialsanderrors 02:13, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Good distinction to draw. The subject is iconic. I'm not sure the building is more recognizable in the alt version (it is missing a roof line for example), but seeing the pedestal helps. Debivort 08:35, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • support Debivort 01:48, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I found the current version on the USGS website and created a restored version from the largest available copy. If anyone else wants to attempt their own restoration efforts, the orginal is in the edit history. My comment about lack of enc stands. ~ trialsanderrors 03:25, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Conditional support for the picture with the alternative perspective if it's cleaned up since it better portrays the effect of the earthquake than the original: viewers can picture that statue falling off the pedestal; the original seems like an accident.--BirdKr 13:24, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Edit 1 -Serious "Wow" factor -Nelro
  • Support edit 1. —Dgiest c 22:55, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Edit 1 - I'm changing my vote to support the first edit. I did not know that there was a better version out there, and I would rather the better image was used. Readro 01:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong support for the alternate version. I really like the additional context provided by the zoology building and the statue's old platform next to the other statue. I Oppose the original or its edit. Basar 07:06, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Agassiz statue Mwc00715.jpg --KFP (talk | contribs) 23:24, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]