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March 26

Photo Rights

How do you know when you can use a picture? For example would a picture from the 1800's have any copyright and if so how can you tell? I want to know bout photo rights mainly for these two pictures of Alexander Hunter. http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/alexander-hunter.htm and https://archive.org/details/confederateveter22conf/page/468/mode/2up. Gandalf the Groovy (talk) 14:56, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Since the source of these photographs is the US, I interpret the question as whether they are in the public domain in the United States. Works published before March 26, 1926, as these apparently are, are generally considered public domain. --Lambiam 16:12, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your first link is the same pic used at Findagrave, as I mentioned earlier.[1] If there's any doubt, you could ask the poster at Findagrave and/or ask the poster at your first link. <-Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots-> 16:51, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We have a specific board where knowledgeable people are likely to hang out: Wikipedia:Media copyright questions -- AnonMoos (talk) 22:00, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]