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• The photo has no copyright markings on it as can be seen in the links above.
• From 1950 to 1952, the Burns and Allen television show aired only every other week because there was only one sponsor for it--the Carnation Company. When BF Goodrich (as seen on back of photo) also became a sponsor of the show, the show was expanded to a weekly telecast, with Carnation sponsoring the program one week and Goodrich the next. The sponsors alternated weeks.
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