Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/New Kensington
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Thaddeus_M._Fowler_-_New_Kensington%2C_Westmoreland_County%2C_Pennsylvania_1896.jpg/371px-Thaddeus_M._Fowler_-_New_Kensington%2C_Westmoreland_County%2C_Pennsylvania_1896.jpg)
- Reason
- I grew up in this area, and seeing what it was like a hundred years before is fascinating. It also adds quite a lot to the article. It shows many things pointed out in the text, such as the passenger ferry and the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, and the opera house.
- Articles in which this image appears
- New Kensington, Pennsylvania, Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
- Creator
- Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler, restored by Adam Cuerden.
- Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk) 03:51, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
- Support Large map, high quality, nice restore ///EuroCarGT 04:43, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
- Comment - There appears to be browning of the paper towards the edges. Overall this is very nice, but that's rather noticeable. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:25, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
- Grr. I spent ages trying to get rid of that; GIMP has really poor tools for fixing it. I'll have another pass. Adam Cuerden (talk) 06:51, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
- Uploading a new version. Check in a moment (You'll need to purge your cache, probably) Adam Cuerden (talk) 07:31, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
- Support - Not as prominent now. Thanks Adam. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:58, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
- Uploading a new version. Check in a moment (You'll need to purge your cache, probably) Adam Cuerden (talk) 07:31, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
- Grr. I spent ages trying to get rid of that; GIMP has really poor tools for fixing it. I'll have another pass. Adam Cuerden (talk) 06:51, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
- Support. Very high quality map. --Carioca (talk) 19:48, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
- Support. Nice map drawn in perspective. Black and white is no problem. Hafspajen (talk) 08:55, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
Promoted File:Thaddeus M. Fowler - New Kensington, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania 1896.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:54, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
- Placed it in History/USA History. Armbrust The Homunculus 03:54, 18 June 2014 (UTC)