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Landmark images is a workshop space for Wikipedia and Commons images. The goal here is to identify material that could become featured and prioritize it for improvement. Images selected for inclusion here should meet the following criteria:

  • Encyclopedic content: the image has inherent scholarly research value.
  • Intrinsic importance: the image documents a historic event, or is otherwise significant in ways that would be impractical to duplicate with other images.
  • Improvability: the image could become featured if it receives proper attention.

What is this about?

Images that don't get selected for featured picture consideration get thrown into general categories - a slush pile. A few of those overlooked images have real potential. They might become feature-worthy with better captioning or artifact cleanup or a higher quality scan.

How you can help

The landmark images workshop does four things and you can help with any of them.

Find free images

I've reviewed over 100,000 public domain images on Commons, Wikipedia, and elsewhere. Other good places to look include:

Please upload promising material to Commons or Wikipedia and add a thumbnail to this page. And if you find more useful online archives, add them to the list.

Evaluate

Search for images of inherent merit that either meet featured picture criteria or could get there. Comment on material already in the gallery. Help sort the wheat from the chaff. Overall, fewer than 1 in 1000 images I survey is even worth a second look. Far fewer than that get to FPC. For historic images, seek images that are outstanding examples of their type whenever possible.

Improve

Clean up artifacts and fibers, locate better versions of identical or similar files. When doing this I always save under a separate filename so that the original version remains available for research purposes.

Nominate

Celebrate

Please leave word if your work here results in a featured picture!

Featured on Wikipedia

Featured on Commons

Ready for
FPC

From here on down the page, you're at the workshop. Feel free to add, subtract, move, restore, or nominate.

  • Special Tactics (fix fringing first)
    Special Tactics (fix fringing first)
  • Restored version of Image:Willow Run airplane inspection.jpg as photographed by Howard R. Holem. There's a color cast in the lower right I don't know how to remove. Any assistance?
    Restored version of Image:Willow Run airplane inspection.jpg as photographed by Howard R. Holem. There's a color cast in the lower right I don't know how to remove. Any assistance?

Find a Home (Encyclopedic issues)

  • absent from the Martin Luther King article (also, composition and noise reduction)
    absent from the Martin Luther King article (also, composition and noise reduction)
  • Stranded Amtracs on Iwo Jima (also need to address blown highlights on the left)
    Stranded Amtracs on Iwo Jima (also need to address blown highlights on the left)
  • B-25 bomb bay gas tanks; this is the smaller version of the much larger tif image
    B-25 bomb bay gas tanks; this is the smaller version of the much larger tif image
  • 1901 movie by Thomas Edison: "What Happened on Twenty-Third Street" (air blowing from a vent catches a woman's skirt)

Address Artifacting

  • Kiwi bird (will need higher res after downsampling)
    Kiwi bird (will need higher res after downsampling)
  • Victory over Japan, in Paris (in focus areas are fine, most artifacting is on non-essential and non-subject parts of the picture)
    Victory over Japan, in Paris (in focus areas are fine, most artifacting is on non-essential and non-subject parts of the picture)
  • Blackfeet Indian Chiefs (will serve as excellent lead image for Plains Indians)
    Blackfeet Indian Chiefs (will serve as excellent lead image for Plains Indians)
  • Blue Angels (tilt correct too)
    Blue Angels (tilt correct too)
  • Welder, 1942
    Welder, 1942
  • Wonderful photograph, lots of detail - but subtle and annoying JPEG artefacting that comes out if you try and fix it.  Done — "File:Joseph Albert - Ludwig und Malwine Schnorr von Carolsfeld - Tristan und Isolde, 1865f.jpg" seems to have ddressed the concern. --Kevjonesin (talk) 15 May 2013 (UTC)
    Wonderful photograph, lots of detail - but subtle and annoying JPEG artefacting that comes out if you try and fix it.  Done — "
    talk
    ) 15 May 2013 (UTC)
  • File:Khomeini Famous Portrait.jpg
  • Abner Doubleday (U.S. civil war officer, supposed inventor of baseball).
    Abner Doubleday (U.S. civil war officer, supposed inventor of baseball).
  • Harriet Tubman
    Harriet Tubman
  • Hi-res, but grainy, and there's something funky going on near his right elbow (a stain?)
    Hi-res, but grainy, and there's something funky going on near his right elbow (a stain?)
  • Cetshwayo kaMpande, Zulu king during the Anglo-Zulu Wars.  Done — file history states that Scott Martin "Removed dust and scratches." as of 06:43, 23 July 2009. I didn't notice any other artifacts. --Kevjonesin (talk) 15 May 2013 (UTC)
    talk
    ) 15 May 2013 (UTC)
  • U-175 breaks the surface
    U-175 breaks the surface
  • Picking survivors off U-175
    Picking survivors off U-175
  • U-175 sinks
    U-175 sinks

Higher Resolution Needed

Galleries

Military

  • Soldiers in the trenches before battle, Petersburg, Virginia, 1865.
    Soldiers in the trenches before battle, Petersburg, Virginia, 1865.
  • USS Galena- 1862 early ironclad experimental ship.
    USS Galena- 1862 early ironclad experimental ship.
  • U.S. Military Railroad locomotive "W.H. Whiton" (built by William Mason in 1862) and Lincoln's presidential car, later his funeral car.
    U.S. Military Railroad locomotive "W.H. Whiton" (built by William Mason in 1862) and Lincoln's presidential car, later his funeral car.
  • Charleston, South Carolina, 1865.
    Charleston, South Carolina, 1865.
  • Men of the 7th Division using flame throwers to smoke out Japanese from a block house on Kwajalein Island, while others wait with rifles ready in case Japanese come out. February 4, 1944.
    Men of the 7th Division using flame throwers to smoke out Japanese from a block house on Kwajalein Island, while others wait with rifles ready in case Japanese come out. February 4, 1944.
  • German infantry on the march on August 7, 1914.
    German infantry on the march on August 7, 1914.
  • World War I: German troops on the Belgian frontier.
    World War I: German troops on the Belgian frontier.
  • Ordnancemen loading belted cartridges into SBD-3 at NAS Norfolk, Va. September 1942.
    Ordnancemen loading belted cartridges into SBD-3 at NAS Norfolk, Va. September 1942.
  • Oregon Air National Guardsman performs an inspection survey on a communications tower.
    Oregon Air National Guardsman performs an inspection survey on a communications tower.
  • American soldiers in Korea.
    American soldiers in Korea.
  • Note: Already a FP on Wikipedia, but not Commons
    Note: Already a FP on Wikipedia, but not Commons
  • File:Ger Inf Russia 1941 HDSN9902655.JPEG
  • CSS torpedo boat in Charleston
    CSS torpedo boat in Charleston
  • Spanish POWs having a meal in Manila in 1898
    Spanish POWs having a meal in Manila in 1898
  • Hindenburg, the Kaiser, and Ludendorff
    Hindenburg, the Kaiser, and Ludendorff
  • Members of the 166th Infantry in action in Villers sur Fere
    Members of the 166th Infantry in action in Villers sur Fere
  • USS Wisconsin at sea during Operation Earnest Will
    USS Wisconsin at sea during Operation Earnest Will
  • Crewmen perform a foreign object debris walkdown prior to the carrier launch of an FA-18F Hornet
    Crewmen perform a foreign object debris walkdown prior to the carrier launch of an FA-18F Hornet
  • An F-18 launches off a carrier
    An F-18 launches off a carrier
  • People's Liberation Army tank crewman
    People's Liberation Army tank crewman
  • Ambulance crew, United States Civil War.
    Ambulance crew, United States Civil War.
  • USS Monitor after battle.
    USS Monitor after battle.
  • 7th Cavalry at Leyte Island, 20 October 1944.
    7th Cavalry at Leyte Island, 20 October 1944.

Astronomy

  • Lovell Telescope, Jodrell bank during the upgrade of the surface. Surface half-replaced, but not painted.
    Lovell Telescope, Jodrell bank during the upgrade of the surface. Surface half-replaced, but not painted.
  • "Christmas Tree Cluster" newly formed stars as taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
    "Christmas Tree Cluster" newly formed stars as taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
  • The Space Infrared Telescope Facility launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Monday, Aug. 25, 2003, at 1:35 a.m. EDT (Sunday, August 24, at 10:35 p.m. PDT).
    The Space Infrared Telescope Facility launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Monday, Aug. 25, 2003, at 1:35 a.m. EDT (Sunday, August 24, at 10:35 p.m. PDT).
  • Broken Comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann 3.
    Broken Comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann 3.
  • Broken Comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann 3.
    Broken Comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann 3.
  • Serpens star-forming region, captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
    Serpens star-forming region, captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
  • Sputnik 1 satellite.
    Sputnik 1 satellite.
  • Hayden Planetarium, New York City.
    Hayden Planetarium
    , New York City.

Social

  • Pre-colonial Morocco. Rabat, 1911. Loading of the French artillery to the crossing of the Oued Bou-Regreb.
    Pre-colonial Morocco. Rabat, 1911. Loading of the French artillery to the crossing of the Oued Bou-Regreb.
  • Gandhi's salt march.
    Gandhi's salt march.
  • Eaton's Santa Claus Parade, 1918, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
    Eaton's Santa Claus Parade, 1918, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Albert Einstein.
    Albert Einstein.
  • Douglas Fairbanks, movie star, speaking in front of the Sub-Treasury building, New York City, to aid the third Liberty Loan.
    Douglas Fairbanks, movie star, speaking in front of the Sub-Treasury building, New York City, to aid the third Liberty Loan.
  • Slave trader's business in Atlanta, Georgia
    Slave trader's business in Atlanta, Georgia
  • Receipt for sale of slave, 1840
    Receipt for sale of slave, 1840
  • American cowboy, c. 1888
    American cowboy, c. 1888

Technology

  • Battleship ablaze, 1917.
    Battleship ablaze, 1917.
  • Benoist XIV floatplane, 1914. The first regular scheduled air line in the world from St. Petersburg - Tampa, Florida.
    Benoist XIV floatplane, 1914. The first regular scheduled air line in the world from St. Petersburg - Tampa, Florida.
  • Capt. Roald Amundsen at wheel leaving home for North Pole.
    Capt. Roald Amundsen at wheel leaving home for North Pole.
  • Alexander Graham Bell, 1904.
    Alexander Graham Bell, 1904.
  • RMS Campania
    RMS Campania

Sports

  • Alco automobile driven by Harry Grant winning the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup.
    Alco automobile driven by Harry Grant winning the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup.

Nature

Architecture

  • Umbraculo, Mesto umení a vied, Valencia
    Umbraculo, Mesto umení a vied, Valencia
  • Wainwright Building, Saint Louis, Missouri: a forerunner of modern skyscrapers. Subsequent construction across the street obstructs a clear view of this subject.
    Wainwright Building, Saint Louis, Missouri: a forerunner of modern skyscrapers. Subsequent construction across the street obstructs a clear view of this subject.
  • Pittsburgh skyline panorama.
    Pittsburgh skyline panorama.
  • Construction of the Empire State Building, 1930. At right, the shot looks down upon the Chrysler Building, which was the world's tallest completed structure at that time.
    Construction of the Empire State Building, 1930. At right, the shot looks down upon the Chrysler Building, which was the world's tallest completed structure at that time.
  • Any high resolution photograph of this structure would be a boon: the Auditorium Building of Chicago, Illinois is one of the forerunners of the modern skyscraper.
    Any high resolution photograph of this structure would be a boon: the Auditorium Building of Chicago, Illinois is one of the forerunners of the modern skyscraper.
  • The Wainwright Building, another early skyscraper. Perspective distortion.
    The Wainwright Building, another early skyscraper. Perspective distortion.
  • Randy's Donuts, Los Angeles. So gaudy it's cute.
    Randy's Donuts, Los Angeles. So gaudy it's cute.
  • I think another image of the Brooklyn Bridge is already featured, but this one looks pretty good.
    I think another image of the Brooklyn Bridge is already featured, but this one looks pretty good.

Unsorted

  • Inoculation, 1943
    Inoculation, 1943
  • Man sleeping in a fish market, Baltimore, 1938
    Man sleeping in a fish market, Baltimore, 1938
  • Gorgeous. Now what's the encyclopedic value of this? (Already FP; the value is for Toni Frissell) (not featured on Commons, though)
    Gorgeous. Now what's the encyclopedic value of this? (Already FP; the value is for Toni Frissell) (not featured on Commons, though)
  • Egyptian antiquities at the Louvre.
    Egyptian antiquities at the Louvre.
  • The Graf Zeppelin over the pyramids at Giza, 1931.
    The Graf Zeppelin over the pyramids at Giza, 1931.
  • Iroquois veterans of the War of 1812
    Iroquois veterans of the War of 1812
  • Sunken Reina Mercedes off the coast of Santiago, Cuba
    Sunken Reina Mercedes off the coast of Santiago, Cuba
  • Henry Ford
    Henry Ford
  • Miguel Hidalgo, some bleedthrough from verso but a good image otherwise
    Miguel Hidalgo
    , some bleedthrough from verso but a good image otherwise

See also

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