DescriptionClark Gable Carole Lombard and Lombard's mother 1939.jpg
Photo of Clark Gable, Carole Lombard and Mrs. Elizabeth Peters, the mother of Carole Lombard. It was originally taken after Gable and Lombard returned from their elopement to Kingman, Arizona, on March 31, 1939. The wire service re-issued the photo on January 16, 1942 after the death of Lombard and her mother in a plane crash in Nevada.
Searches for original registrations were done in artowrk for the years 1939 and 1942 There were no listings for Acme News Photos in either year; there's no evidence of original copyright on the photo.
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.
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