File:Captain Franklin B. Sprague, 1865.png

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Description Franklin B. Sprague (1825 –1895); military officer who served in the First Oregon Infantry during the American Civil War; first person to report the discovery of Crater Lake
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Source (WP:NFCC#4) Original publication: "First Oregon Cavalry and the Oregon Central Military Road of 1865", Oregon Historical Quarterly (Vol. 60, No. 1), 1959, p. 94

Immediate source: Oregon Historical Quarterly (Vol. 60, No. 1) article titled "First Oregon Cavalry and the Oregon Central Military Road of 1865", p. 94

Date of publication 1959
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Franklin B. Sprague
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of their biographical article
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Photograph cannot be replaced since the subject individual died in 1895
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) This photo is only being used for informational purposes to identify the subject of a biographical article specifically about Franklin B. Sprague, who is the sole subject of the specific biographical article. This photograph resolution has been reduced so copies will be of less quality than the original and it has been cropped by approximately 10%
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Fair use rationale for using photograph of Franklin B. Sprague in a biographical article specifically about him--though this image may be subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. "Fair Use" laws and the Wikipedia non-free content policies. This photograph resolution has been reduced so copies will be of less quality than the original and it has been cropped by approximately 10%
Other information The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 1895

Fair use rationale for using photograph of Franklin B. Sprague in a biographical article specifically about him--though this image may be subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. "Fair Use" laws and the Wikipedia non-free content policies, because:

• It is a photograph of a historically important individual, a Civil War military officer who was the first person to report the discovery of Crater Lake

• The photograph is lower resolution than the original image, so copies made from it will be of less quality and it has been cropped by approximately 10%

• The photo is only being used for informational purposes to identify the subject of a biographical article specifically about Franklin B. Sprague

• Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because the photograph visually identifies the individual featured in the article

• No other photograph is available and new photographs cannot be made since the individual shown in the photograph died in 1895

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current00:00, 22 January 2022Thumbnail for version as of 00:00, 22 January 2022274 × 363 (64 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
05:57, 21 January 2022No thumbnail310 × 410 (83 KB)Orygun (talk | contribs)Uploading a non-free historic portrait using File Upload Wizard
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