Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/President Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan

President Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan

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Original - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing a declaration of war against the Empire of Japan, officially involving the United States in World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbor, which he declared a "date which will live in infamy".

Reason

The historical value of the image is irreplaceable. It is a very strikingly taken portrait, as well as being of a high resolution.

Articles in which this image appears

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Declaration of war by the United States, National Recording Registry, Results of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York

FP category for this image

History/USA History

Creator

Unknown

• Support as nominator --Sir Richardson (talk) 00:35, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose - the related File:Franklin Roosevelt signing declaration of war against Germany.jpg is of much higher quality. Maybe the crop is impossible to fix, but the image needs some restoration (contrast or something) before it can be considered among wikipedia's best work. Nergaal (talk) 02:43, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose Very strong EV, but the quality of this reproduction is poor. Nick-D (talk) 01:58, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose per Nergaal. The other image works much better for all articles except Results of the attack on Pearl Harbor (though I suppose the argument could be made if one were inclined to play Devil's Advocate). Regardless, the quality difference between the two is telling. bahamut0013^words_deeds 11:53, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 23:44, 8 October 2010 (UTC)