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Original – Captain Della H. Raney in 1945
Reason
A fairly charming image of the first African American nurse in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Rather like her wooden name plaque and it's clever positioning in the photo as almost a caption.
Articles in which this image appears
Della H. Raney
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator
Uncredited photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • This was shot with a flash and that's the primary light source (see her neck, also the wall and window trims have a similar shadow). Flash doesn't leave a rectangular gradient on one side (left side), so the dark left side is not a feature of the photo. It can be corrected fully IMO. . . . Here are some possibilities of what could have happened: 1-the photo wasn't scanned properly (it can happen with flatbed scanners, similar to photocopy machines), or 2-something was partially impeding the path of the flash light on the left side (and vertically), this is unlikely given the well-defined shadows on the wall trims, also unlikely given nothing is impeding the path of the lens, or 3-the negative wasn't handled/developed properly. In any case, the dark left side is not a feature of the photo, so I think it is Ok to fix it. Bammesk (talk) 01:59, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Capt. Della H. Raney, Army Nurse Corps, who now heads the nursing staff at the station hospital at Camp Beale, CA - NARA - 535942.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:47, 19 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]