Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Feb 2022 at 00:32:12 (UTC)

Reason: I think there's a lot of character to it. It gives a strong feeling of her acting, and I can't find any evidence of any other images from this show, so... I'm a bit nervous given the complete disinterest in the photo of Juanita Hall in a much more famous musical below, but... well...
Articles in which this image appears: St. Louis Woman
FP category for this image: WP:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: Carl Van Vechten, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.5% of all FPs} 00:32, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Original background very overexposed isn't it? Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:28, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- @Charlesjsharp: Can't argue with that. I was a bit hesitant with this one, but Bailey herself came out so well that I thought the background mattered less. In its defense, I will say that may be an artefact of photographing African-Americans with the film of the time which was better with lighter tones: Better to overexpose a background and get a detailed face. Of course, it's also possible the Library of Congress did a bad job with the reproduction; I've seen evidence e of that in images from this lot, like Shirley Graham, which Harvard has a way better copy of that I want. Sorry for my delayed response; I honestly don't know how I missed this yesterday while seeing Bammesk's, but it was kind of a bad day. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 16:17, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support – But there is an odd shading on her nose and it goes down to her chin, perhaps easier to see on the original jpeg at full size. LOC says the original was a print, so perhaps it's an indentation on the print. Can it be improved? Bammesk (talk) 17:43, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Uploading a fix now. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 18:42, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:40, 11 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 19:08, 11 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Portrait of Pearl Bailey as Butterfly in St. Louis Woman.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 01:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Added image to Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment, because the image is used on the musical's article. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 01:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- @Armbrust: Makes sense. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 03:30, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]