File:Sir Thomas and Lady Southorn.jpg

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中文:The image here is claimed to be in public domain as it is:
  1. A portrait of one of Hong kong's most famous politicians;
  2. There are no copyleft alternatives of such a photo;
  3. The image used is of a ceremonial and not a commerical value;
  4. The article is greatly improved by the prominence of this photo;
  5. Which is hosted and displayed on the not-for-profit Wikipedia Encylopedia for educational purposes.
  6. The person in the photo died in 1957 and 1960 therefore the copyright has expired.

Sir Thomas (1879 - 1957) and Lady Southorn (1877 - 1960) Photograph 07-04-097, Library Collection, The Government Records Service, Hong Kong (cropped) 1936 Unknown, owned by the Hong Kong Government

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Date 3 July 2009 (original upload date)
Source Transferred from zh.wikipedia to Commons by Shizhao using CommonsHelper.
Author The original uploader was Clithering at Chinese Wikipedia.

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  • 2009-07-03 14:13 Clithering 213×442× (16762 bytes) ==附加資料== ===Fair Use=== The image here is claimed to be '''in public domain''' as it is: #A portrait of one of Hong kong's most famous politicians; #There are no copyleft alternatives of such a photo; #The image used is of a ceremonial and not a

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