File:Mayo Smith (1969).jpg

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Detroit Tigers publicity photograph of Mayo Smith.
Such images were taken by a team photographer, and then disseminated to the media and the public for the purpose of promoting their players and personnel.

Public domain explanation

In the full image, seen here, the photograph includes the name of the subject. It does not, however, include the copyright symbol ©, the word "Copyright", or the abbreviation "Copr.", as then required for copyright.
By publishing the photograph without such a notice, under the terms of the 1909 Copyright Act (which was law until 1978) the image went into the public domain.
This was a common occurrence for publicity images disseminated in Major League Baseball.
If there is any chance that the photograph was copyrighted, under the terms of the 1909 Copyright Act this copyright would have had to be renewed 28 years after publication. A search for copyright renewal records reveals no trace that this occurred.

Source

[1] see lack of writing on reverse

Date

1969

Author

Detroit Tigers, Major League Baseball

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This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1977 inclusive, without a copyright notice. Unless the author has been dead for several years, it is not in the public domain in countries that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works. This includes Canada, China (not Hong Kong, Macao, or Taiwan Area), Germany, Mexico, Switzerland, and other countries with individual treaties. See also further explanation.

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