Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Negro drinking at "Colored" water cooler in streetcar terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma by Russell Lee

Separate but "equal" drinking fountains

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Original – 'Negro drinking at "Colored" water cooler in streetcar terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma', a photograph by Russell Lee

Reason: Per last nomination, a restored version. I'm using the title from the Library of Congress; The word negro was a lot more acceptable and polite in 1939, but it feels wrong to change the title at our end before the holding library does.
Articles in which this image appears: Discrimination, Discrimination in the United States, Jim Crow laws, Plessy v. Ferguson, Racial segregation, Racism, Separate but equal + 5
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator: Russell Lee, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 19:11, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – I also support a bit of sharpening. Bammesk (talk) 00:30, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Bammesk: Done. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 05:58, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 12:21, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 16:25, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And again apologies for the delay. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 20:25, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
no problem. thanks for the restoration ―Howard • 🌽³³ 23:29, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Bad left crop was careless unless this is a crop of the original. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:02, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The original two copies show film edges there. It's possible Lee intended to crop it: can't really change aspect ratio on a film camera - but my rule is to let our reusers do any desired crops unless there's a very good reason (severe damage, very minor crops of blank areas to centre subject or lose vignetting, crop mark on image (though I tend to play crop marks by ear; hard to tell publisher ones from artist ones, and publishers of the time may be cropping for crappy halftone newspaper reproduction) Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 16:02, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Well executed photo with strong EV. It illustrates its topic well, including by highlighting just how stupid this all was. Nick-D (talk) 11:35, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Petar Milošević (talk) 16:03, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 10:52, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:51, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 14:35, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Negro drinking at "Colored" water cooler in streetcar terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma by Russell Lee.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:37, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]