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This is a high-resolution enhanced image of the United States Declaration of Independence. This image is a version of the 1820s William Stone facimile. This image is from the commons, and can be found in the articles
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It doesn't look like it was scanned at an angle. The edges of the paper line up with the edges of the picture. Maybe it's just a tilt from writing it out by hand. —
160:, though I find the slight upward tilt of the lines of writing distracting. Any way you could fix this, or is it a flaw that comes with the original document? -- 428: 414: 402: 373: 356: 337: 325: 313: 292: 276: 264: 252: 235: 223: 211: 177: 164: 152: 140: 121: 109: 97: 61: 43: 17: 364:. Excellent quality, and historical significance would cover up any quality issues, even though in this case they do not exist. 135: 33: 130: 300:, historic document, easily readable at high res, and beautiful handwriting a forgotten skill it seems now.-- 392: 351: 310: 368: 93: 301: 220: 189: 76: 88:
Very nice scan and there really isn't a better encyclopedic image to display this subject matter.
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Probably just scanned at an angle, can and should be straightened.
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Very high quality picture that is also very "encylopedic". --
50:. I am nominating the image for its historical importance. 37:
A photo of the United States Declaration of Independence
272:Great image, very valuable to the encyclopedia. -- 381:Not that I'm American-centric or anything, but... 69:. Excellent quality, and adds significantly. — 409:Promoted Image:Us declaration independence.jpg 8: 248:Very powerful, and I'm not even American! -- 18:Knowledge (XXG):Featured picture candidates 207:. As reasons above; really excellent. -- 44:United States Declaration of Independence 105:. No question this is FP-worthy. -- 7: 429:Ended featured picture nominations 24: 240: 28:US Declaration of Independence 1: 260:- Good historical value. -- 445: 415:04:58, 27 June 2006 (UTC) 403:13:32, 26 June 2006 (UTC) 374:06:06, 25 June 2006 (UTC) 357:02:52, 25 June 2006 (UTC) 338:20:11, 20 June 2006 (UTC) 326:11:04, 20 June 2006 (UTC) 314:15:26, 19 June 2006 (UTC) 293:20:06, 18 June 2006 (UTC) 277:17:37, 18 June 2006 (UTC) 265:16:28, 18 June 2006 (UTC) 253:09:38, 18 June 2006 (UTC) 236:05:00, 18 June 2006 (UTC) 224:04:22, 18 June 2006 (UTC) 212:15:43, 17 June 2006 (UTC) 178:23:31, 17 June 2006 (UTC) 165:14:29, 17 June 2006 (UTC) 153:10:50, 17 June 2006 (UTC) 141:10:36, 17 June 2006 (UTC) 122:10:07, 17 June 2006 (UTC) 110:04:23, 17 June 2006 (UTC) 98:04:16, 17 June 2006 (UTC) 62:02:58, 17 June 2006 (UTC) 38: 345:. Excellent quality. 36: 148:. Agree with above. 384:"Don't tread on me" 194:• 2006-06-18 03:06 81:• 2006-06-17 03:43 39: 354: 195: 82: 436: 400: 395: 390: 371: 350: 308: 244: 192: 183: 138: 133: 79: 70: 444: 443: 439: 438: 437: 435: 434: 433: 419: 418: 398: 393: 388: 369: 302: 221:Geoffrey Gibson 190: 136: 131: 129:per all above. 96: 77: 31: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 442: 440: 432: 431: 421: 420: 406: 405: 376: 359: 340: 328: 316: 295: 279: 267: 255: 238: 231:, readable! -- 226: 217:Strong Support 214: 201: 200: 199: 198: 197: 196: 168: 167: 155: 143: 124: 115:Strong Support 112: 100: 92: 83: 64: 30: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 441: 430: 427: 426: 424: 417: 416: 413: 410: 404: 401: 396: 391: 386: 385: 380: 377: 375: 372: 367: 363: 360: 358: 353: 348: 347:Hurricanehink 344: 341: 339: 336: 332: 329: 327: 324: 320: 317: 315: 312: 309: 307: 306: 299: 296: 294: 291: 287: 283: 280: 278: 275: 271: 268: 266: 263: 259: 256: 254: 251: 247: 243: 239: 237: 234: 230: 227: 225: 222: 218: 215: 213: 210: 206: 203: 202: 193: 188: 187: 181: 180: 179: 176: 172: 171: 170: 169: 166: 163: 159: 156: 154: 151: 147: 144: 142: 139: 134: 128: 125: 123: 120: 116: 113: 111: 108: 104: 101: 99: 95: 91: 87: 84: 80: 75: 74: 68: 65: 63: 60: 57: 54:Nominate and 53: 52: 51: 49: 45: 35: 29: 26: 19: 408: 407: 383: 382: 378: 361: 342: 330: 318: 304: 303: 297: 281: 269: 258:High Support 257: 245: 228: 216: 204: 185: 157: 145: 126: 114: 102: 85: 72: 66: 55: 48:Human Rights 40: 27: 209:GarrettRock 162:NoahElhardt 90:Staxringold 274:Nebular110 137:_Anonymous 132:Anonymous_ 107:moondigger 412:Raven4x4x 59:TomStar81 423:Category 379:Support 362:Support 343:Support 331:Support 323:Janderk 319:Support 298:Support 282:Support 270:Support 250:Fir0002 246:Support 229:Support 205:Support 175:Stevage 158:Support 146:Support 127:Support 119:Mad Max 103:Support 86:Support 67:Support 56:Support 335:Ansaul 305:Dakota 262:MosheA 233:Golbez 286:Janke 186:BRIAN 150:Mikeo 73:BRIAN 16:< 366:Tito 352:talk 290:Talk 191:0918 117:. -- 94:talk 78:0918 46:and 425:: 394:e 389:Jo 370:xd 355:) 333:. 321:. 288:| 399:I 349:( 311:~

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Knowledge (XXG):Featured picture candidates
US Declaration of Independence

United States Declaration of Independence
Human Rights
TomStar81
02:58, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
BRIAN
0918
Staxringold
talk
04:16, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
moondigger
04:23, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
Mad Max
10:07, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
Anonymous_
_Anonymous
10:36, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
Mikeo
10:50, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
NoahElhardt
14:29, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
Stevage
23:31, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
BRIAN
0918
GarrettRock
15:43, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
Geoffrey Gibson

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