Suggestion: Schoolmarm

I found this◊ and I thought it would make a good image. My only concern is that it's probably too big.

Fixed the tag.

OP is decent.

It works.

Fine with me

I don't know, that looks like a generic teacher to me.

It's clearly in a period schoolhouse, though. Between the dress, the decorations, the date on the blackboard... I think it's a pretty good illustration.

Indeed. Though I think it's more important that there is a blackboard than the date on it since that might not be clear at a small size. It looks just like one of those schools, though. +1

Where is the picture from? I think it's fairly good, too.

I found it on flickr.com when I Googled schoolmarm. It's labeled as "Schoolmarm waiting for class to begin in 1886 at Conner Prairie Interactive history museum"

What did I do wrong in the tag? I created it as a link but it wasn't linking.

I like it but I think it needs to be cropped, partly for size but also to remove the American flags so it's no longer country-specific (although I believe this is a fairly American-oriented trope).

I think the crop should start with the top left corner just beyond the "school term" notices (so they show) and the bottom right corner allowing the bottom of her hand and the bell on the desk to show.

Like this: http://imgur.com/HoGikL7

What's the original look like at wiki-size? I think the American flags are fine, to be honest. I don't get the feeling it's country-specific any more than it's redhead-specific. Plus, it helps establish the image as set in the past (especially if you crop out the date) since those are noticeably older flags.

However, if it doesn't work at wiki size then your suggestions for cropping sound fine.

edited 22nd May '13 8:43:48 AM by Larkmarn

The uncropped pic with the width shrunk to the maximum of 350px:

http://imgur.com/8eGoQEQ

And shrunk to 250px wide:

http://imgur.com/otFYM3r

edited 24th May '13 3:13:15 AM by Melkior

Tall images are usually too large at maximum width. I suggest 250.

So do we have a decision yet? I'm willing to upload and link the image, but I'm not going to do it without some form of consensus that it's worthwhile.

Actually, the images in 13 are pretty badly compressed. I'm a-seein' rainbows where they shouldn't be, which is why I usually avoid jpgs. We have a 200 kb limit, so we might as well use it. This is a downsized original at 300 width, but the top and border are cropped, so I think it should look good wiki size.

edited 24th May '13 9:37:03 AM by Rethkir

That looks good.

I don't generally like posed pics, but it works despite that.

I'd rather it be cropped at the bottom instead of the top to make it look more like she's in the western frontier as the page says.

Including the flags would make her look more like she's in the American western frontier. Anyone else think that matters?

To compare. I probably prefer the variant without flags.

I prefer #16. The old style clothes, desk, blackboard, and bell sell it much better than the flags. The picture between the flags is better than the flags themselves.

edited 4th Jun '13 4:28:25 PM by AnotherDuck

Both takes are good, but I lean toward 16.

Add my vote for 16

I vote for my crop as well.