File:Georgia-Backus.jpg

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English: Publicity photograph of Georgia Backus, appointed dramatic director of the Columbia Broadcasting System in 1930
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Author Columbia Broadcasting System
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of "publication" for public art. Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (50 p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.

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  • Although the reverse side of the copy uploaded is date-stamped January 1931, a copy held by the Chicago Tribune photo library seen here is date-stamped December 4, 1930.
  • Statement affixed to reverse side reads as follows:
    COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM PHOTO
    DIRECTS RADIO DRAMAS
    GEORGIA BACKUS, ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED YOUNG WOMEN IN RADIO, HAS BEEN APPOINTED DRAMATIC DIRECTOR OF THE COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, IN CHARGE OF THE PRODUCTION OF DRAMAS WRITTEN BY MEMBERS OF THE COLUMBIA CONTINUITY STAFF.
    MISS BACKUS HAS HAD SEVERAL YEARS EXPERIENCE IN BROADCASTING AS AN ACTRESS AND PLAYWRIGHT AS WELL AS A DIRECTOR. SHE TAKES PART IN ARABESQUE, THE NIT WITS AND MAJESTIC'S CURIOSITY SHOP. REGULAR COLUMBIA FEATURES. BEFORE BECOMING A RADIO STAR SHE WAS A CAPABLE ACTRESS ON THE LEGITIMATE STAGE AND IN MOTION-PICTURES.

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current22:05, 8 November 2014Thumbnail for version as of 22:05, 8 November 2014692 × 884 (215 KB)WFinch (talk | contribs)Replacing original uploaded scan (front and back to represent original condition and absence of any copyright markings) with image cropped and edited to remove obvious defects
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