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Copyright details[edit]

• There are no copyright marks on the full pages of the ad, as can be seen at the link above. The page is clearly an advertisement, so it is not a part of any Life Magazine copyrights.
• US Copyright Office page 3-magazines are collective works (PDF)

"A notice for the collective work will not serve as the notice for advertisements inserted on behalf of persons other than the copyright owner of the collective work. These advertisements should each bear a separate notice in the name of the copyright owner of the advertisement."

• Image can be dated from the magazine's date, 3 October 1955.

Licensing[edit]

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