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{{PD-Pre1978}} Photograph of William E. Johnson that appears in the 1940 ''Nebraska Blue Book''. (See here: http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/l3000/D001-1940.pdf) This image is in the public domain, as it was originally published before 1978 without a copyright notice in the 1940 ''Nebraska Blue Book''. No copyright notice appears within this publication. See also: Wikipedia:Public domain#Published works.