Commons:Deletion requests/File:1887 Drawing of Collapsed Bridge.jpg
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This deletion discussion is now closed. Please do not make any edits to this archive. You can read the deletion policy or ask a question at the Village pump. If the circumstances surrounding this file have changed in a notable manner, you may re-nominate this file or ask for it to be undeleted.
This file was initially tagged by Jcb as no source (No source since)... which is correct, but the image is apparently from 1887 (newspaper steel engraving). I am hoping that someone else is able to find the source of this image, as I think it's an important one due to the changes in Massachusetts law which resulted from this disaster. Ellin Beltz (talk) 04:22, 8 September 2016 (UTC) P.S. Please see New York Times article about it if interested http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F04E6DE1630E633A25756C1A9659C94669FD7CF, although it is unlikely the Times is the source of the illustration. Ellin Beltz (talk) 04:23, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
- Do we have any evidence that this drawing was published at least somewhere before 1923? If so, this would save the file. Jcb (talk) 15:21, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
- Yes, http://www.jphs.org/transportation/bussey-bridge-disaster-feature-news-account.html ... http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/14305/836204/1180050803737/Bussey-Bridge-1.jpg?token=w12z6Ox6fxMShAF2A1l9gD0Z2B4%3D ... which includes more of the front car. Also please see the photo http://www.bobdward.com/bob-d-ward-print-production/2012/2/13/bussey-bridge-train-disaster-125-years-ago-next-month.html ... from which this drawing was likely derived in 1887. What I can't find is the exact crop we have here, so perhaps that was done by the wiki uploader. Ellin Beltz (talk) 16:55, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
- Ok, no reason to delete then. (The crop itself won't establish new copyright). Thanks! Jcb (talk) 17:38, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
Kept: resolved. --Jcb (talk) 17:39, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
