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If the photograph was not published before 1923, the remaining question, according to the Hirtle chart, is whether it was a work for hire. If the photographer did not retain the copyright, then according to the chart the copyright expires "95 years from publication OR 120 years from creation, whichever expires first," not 70 years after the author's death. If we go by 120 years from creation, the photograph is PD in the US, but if the criterion is 95 years from first publication, it may not be. If I've understood "whichever expires first" correctly, we can ignore the latter. In any event, we have no way of knowing the circumstances in which the photograph was taken, so I'm assuming in the absence of evidence to the contrary that the photographer did own the copyright. SlimVirgin (talk) 00:52, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
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