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Tramp[edit]

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Original - A tramp depicted in an 1899 U.S. poster. In the American English, the word tramp typically refers to a long term homeless person who travels from place to place as an itinerant vagrant, traditionally walking or hiking all year round. The term was in common usage between the 1880s and the 1940s.
Reason
High quality image that has been gently cleaned. The image shows the sterotypical tramp from the middle of the period when, according to the article, the term was most popular in the US- on that note, I found the difference between the American use of the term and the way it is used in British English rather interesting. As an aside, I love the style; I think it's a wonderful picture regardless of any EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Tramp
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Lifestyle
Creator
A Russell-Morgan Print. The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A. Cleanup/restoration ("color level (pick white & black points), cropped, and converted to JPEG (quality level 88) with the GIMP 2.6.1") by Eubulides
Discussion of original, which led to an edit
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  • Comment Not really very sharp, pinkish (which is not a natural colour for paper), and has various stamps and scribbles in the lower left. Some posterization, but probably not a deal killer - but it needs some cleanup. Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:49, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Would you be up to that? Doesn't look like a big job? J Milburn (talk) 20:51, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • I could try, though I'm a little out of it tonight. Adam Cuerden (talk) 21:06, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • No rush :) J Milburn (talk) 21:16, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • The stamps suggest the history of this, I see the year 1899 on this. Its age is also reflected by the fact that the paper has oxidized and I disagree that it's not sharp, it looks like an inking, at least originally, not sure if this is just a scanning of a print. --I′d※<3※Ɵɲɛ (talk) 01:50, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
            • No, unfortunately, it's blurred: Have a look at the words in the logo for the publishing house. Adam Cuerden (talk) 01:53, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • May I suggest this be suspended for now? Adam Cuerden (talk) 07:58, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • If you're working on this, I have absolutely no objection to suspending. J Milburn (talk) 10:04, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Suspended while Adam works on the image. J Milburn (talk) 11:27, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, crap! I forgot about this! Will start work now. Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:10, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Edit 1: Lots and lots of changes. Went back to the original for this, since Milburn's was a JPEG, and I thought the crop a little tight. From my experience, these are very, very likely to be the "real" colours; or at least the intended (The paper may have yellowed a bit more with age, but it would almost certainly have been white when printed. LoC scans of black-and-white images have a tendency towards somewhat bizarre colours, unfortunately, but knowing what such images usually look like can allow sensible decisions to be made.)

Edit uploaded, Support edit - also, I removed the little notice about when it closes, because I have no idea how that works for suspended noms. Someone may readd it, if they know the time to have it close. =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 14:19, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Just added the timer. The nom will close precisely 9 days from now. Jujutacular T · C 15:27, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Tramp_smoking_cigar_with_cane_over_arm_-_restoration.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:19, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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