DescriptionWolfe-Vanishing-Clue-1.jpg	English: Lead illustration from The American Magazine printing of "A Window for Death", a Nero Wolfe short story by Rex Stout that first appeared under the title "Nero Wolfe and the Vanishing Clue"
Date	May 1956
Source	Self scan from The American Magazine for May 1956 (p. 117)
Author	Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, illustration by Alexander Sharpe Ross (Alex Ross)
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May 1956 issue of The American Magazine does not appear as copyrighted in 1956 by Crowell Publishing

• No renewal is listed for The American Magazine: [1]
• No renewal is listed for Alexander Sharpe Ross, Alexander S. Ross, Alex Ross: [2]

Background
"Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly began publishing in 1876. In 1904, it was renamed Leslie's Monthly Magazine, and then Leslie's Magazine in 1905. Later that year (in the middle of volume 60), it was renamed the American Illustrated Magazine, shortening to the American Magazine in 1906. It kept continuous volume numbering throughout its history. The magazine ceased publication in 1956. While no copyright renewals are known for the issues, a number of stories that appeared in the magazine had their copyrights renewed."