Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Currier and Ives Brooklyn Bridge

Currier and Ives Brooklyn Bridge

 * Reason:Chromolithograph of the Brooklyn Bridge shortly after construction. Engineering specs in caption.  Very high resolution.  Restored version of File:Currier and Ives Brooklyn Bridge.jpg.  Smaller version available for viewers with slow connection speeds at File:Currier and Ives Brooklyn Bridge2 courtesy copy.jpg
 * Articles this image appears in:Brooklyn Bridge, History of Brooklyn
 * Creator:Currier and Ives


 * Support as nominator -- Durova Charge! 03:50, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * We can has caption plz? MER-C 04:23, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * (blush) Done. Durova Charge! 04:37, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Grainy looking, but also very detailed. Noodle snacks (talk) 08:53, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Graininess is part of the lithographic technique: acid is used to burn small pits in a metal plate, and the longer the acid is left on, the more pits. These pits hold the ink, and are visible - you guessed it - as graininess in the final image. Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 16:13, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Interesting, good EV. That must be Trinity Church in the background.  Fletcher (talk) 02:20, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Support. High quality, good detail.  Spencer T♦ Nominate! 01:21, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Good EV. Makeemlighter (talk) 00:21, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

MER-C 10:32, 21 March 2009 (UTC)