2. it is a photograph that was created prior to January 1, 1949, or
3. the creator died prior to January 1, 1972.
You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
Note that this work might not be in the public domain in countries that do not apply the rule of the shorter term and have copyright terms longer than life of the author plus 50 years. In particular, Mexico is 100 years, Jamaica is 95 years, Colombia is 80 years, Guatemala and Samoa are 75 years, Switzerland and the United States are 70 years, and Venezuela is 60 years.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it meets three requirements:
it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days),
it was first published before 1 March 1989 without copyright notice or before 1964 without copyright renewal or before the source country established copyright relations with the United States,
it was in the public domain in its home country (Canada) on the URAA date (1 January 1996).
For background information, see the explanations on Non-U.S. copyrights. Image was public domain in Canada prior to the URAA date
Photograph is out of copyright; additional matter not copyrightable. Photograph taken 1939 or earlier and published 1939 or earlier, in view of use in a Canadian election campaign, attempt to comply with US copyright laws most unlikely. Prior to 1997, copyright of photographs in Canada expired 50 years after they were taken, thus was in the public domain in 1996.
{{Information |Description={{en|1=Election flier for John Diefenbaker, 1939.}} |Source=http://scaa.sk.ca/gallery/persuasion/themes/johndiefenbaker.html |Author=Unknown |Date=1939 |Permission= |other_versions= }} Photograph is out of copyright; additional