Rich Mason wrote:
I understood that it was a postcard for sale at one time. Important points are: 1. Was it published with a notice of copyright? If not, it was in the public domain immediately as it didn't satisfy one of the criteria for copyright in the 1909 Copyright Act. 2. If the postcard had a registered copyright which was renewed regularly before 1978, it might well be copyright protected for a number of years to come.
*If we're talking about US copyright*, then 1913 is free and clear; there is no way for a 1913 publication to have still been in copyright in 1978, and hence it could not have picked up the extension to "live + whatever" (initially 50, since increased even more). (Anything 1922 and earlier is free and clear *in the US*). (The old rules in the USA were a 28 year term plus a 28 year extension if you renewed, for a maximum possible 56 years.)
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