There is a valid copyright notice which is Copyright, 1939 By MIGUEL R. CORNEJO All Rights Reserved. However, the copyright was not renewed on its 28th year of publication, therefore it lapsed into public domain in the United States. In the Philippines, this photograph was published more than 50 years ago, specifically in 1939, therefore it lapsed into public domain in the country as well.
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It is an anonymous or pseudonymous work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication
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It is a work of applied art and 25 years have passed since the year of its publication
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This work is in the public domain in the United States for the following reason:
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This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1963, and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart and the copyright renewal logs. 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 (70 years p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 years p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 years p.m.a.), Mexico (100 years p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 years p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
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