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.
The photo was published simultaneously in many newspapers, some of which had no copyright notice at all (neither for the photo in particular, nor for the newspaper as a whole). For example:
Also published without copyright notice in (1976) The Instant It Happened, H.N. Abrams & The Associated Press, p. 211 . (The book contained only an "All Rights Reserved" notice, which is not a valid copyright notice under US law.)
Copyright was therefore forfeited per section 9 of the Copyright Act of 1909, which required that notice of copyright be affixed to every published copy.
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Uploaded a work by w:Steve Starr from "[https://stevestarr.com/pulitzer-prize Pulitzer Prize - Steve Starr, Photojournalist Retrospective]" Originally published by the Associated Press in 1969. with UploadWizard