The_Wizard_of_Oz_Bert_Lahr_1939.jpg


Summary

Description Publicity photo of American entertainer, Bert Lahr promoting his role as the Cowardly Lion in the 1939 feature film, The Wizard of Oz .
Date Image is presumed to have been originally authored circa 1939 .
Earliest news-agency date stamp is February 11, 1965 .
Source eBay item #1 photo front photo back
eBay item #2 photo front photo back
eBay item #3 photo front photo back
Author It is unclear as to whether the press-materials were distributed by a personal publicity agency representing the subject, or if they were distributed by an agency employed to publicize one of the projects the subject was appearing in, circa 1965.
Permission
( Reusing this file )
PD-PRE1978. The photo has no copyright markings on it as can be seen in the links above (also see original upload).

Licensing

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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