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[edit] Summary

Description: Ariel view of James Madison University from 1937.
Source: James Madison University
Author: Frank Turgeon, Jr.

[edit] Licensing

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was first published in the United States without copyright notice prior to 1978, which causes the work to be irrevocably in the Public Domain. See Copyright.

This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1923 and 1963, and its copyright was not renewed. It may not be in the public domain in countries that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada, China (not Macao or Taiwan), Germany, and Switzerland. See this page for further explanation.

[edit] Public domain explanation

If you carefully notice, there is a date in the lower left hand corner. This actually says "Spring 1937'. Reseaching the URL this photograph is in the special collections at James Madision University. On the the back is the text 'Frank Turgeon, Jr., Palm Beach FLA'. Researching both subject and photographer we learn that the copyright was not renewed.