Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (50 p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
Pictured, left to right: Ed Garland (bass), Buster Wilson (piano), Marili Morden (proprietor, Jazz Man Records), Jimmie Noone (clarinet), Mutt Carey (trumpet), Zutty Singleton (drums), Kid Ory (trombone), Bud Scott (guitar)
A search for original copyright was done under artwork for the year 1944. There were no registrations for CBS Radio or Socony Vacuum (Mobil), the program sponsor.
The photograph appears without attribution or copyright notice in Floyd Levin's Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians (University of California Press, 2000, ISBN0-520-21360-2), page 13. Notice on the copyright page reads as follows: "Unless otherwise credited, all illustrations are by the author or are from his collection."
The photograph appears without attribution or copyright notice in Cary Ginell's Hot Jazz for Sale: Hollywood's Jazz Man Record Shop (Lulu.com: Cary Ginell, 2010 ISBN978-0-557-35146-6), page 124.
The photograph appears without attribution ("photo unidentified") or copyright notice on the website The Kid Ory Archive.