Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Iowa and Nebraska lands

Original - Settlement of Nebraska and Iowa: a land offer from the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, 1872.

Reason: Period advertisement from 1872 for land sales in Iowa and Nebraska. Clear large file articulates loan terms and settlement inducements offered by a railroad that engaged in land speculation. Restored version of Image:Iowa and Nebraska lands.jpg.
Articles this image appears in: Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, History of Iowa, History of Nebraska
Creator: Burlington and Missouri River Railroad

Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 23:42, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Superb.--ragesoss (talk) 01:57, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Another good one. Dengero (talk) 02:22, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. A good quality scan and restoration of a historically informative image. NauticaShad es 14:31, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support —αἰτίας •discussion• 20:02, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Like I said above, you deserve a monument. --Meldshal (§peak to me) 21:16, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support as a valuable historical image. Doesn't seem to say when the offer expires... Fletcher (talk) 23:36, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Hurry up and take this down so we can buy all that land!!! :) Intothewoods29 (talk) 20:16, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- And you aren't sharing your time machine so the rest of us can go back and do this why? :) Cat-five - talk 08:33, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - When people imagine themselves in 1872 and want to rush out and buy farmland, that's the highest compliment I could get. Thank you for letting me feel like I've brought a little history to life. Warmly, Durova^Charge! 09:47, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very nice scan of a historic and encyclopedic document. Cat-five - talk 08:33, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. High enc value. - Darwinek (talk) 19:06, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Iowa and Nebraska lands10.jpg MER-C 06:11, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]