File:Mayo Smith (1969).jpg

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 * Description=*Detroit Tigers publicity photograph of Mayo Smith.
 * Such images were taken by a team photographer, and then disseminated to the media and the public for the purpose of promoting their players and personnel.

Public domain explanation

 * In the full image, seen here, the photograph includes the name of the subject. It does not, however, include the copyright symbol ©, the word "Copyright", or the abbreviation "Copr.", as then required for copyright.
 * By publishing the photograph without such a notice, under the terms of the 1909 Copyright Act (which was law until 1978) the image went into the public domain.
 * This was a common occurrence for publicity images disseminated in Major League Baseball.
 * If there is any chance that the photograph was copyrighted, under the terms of the 1909 Copyright Act this copyright would have had to be renewed 28 years after publication. A search for copyright renewal records reveals no trace that this occurred.
 * Source= see lack of writing on reverse
 * Date=1969
 * Author=Detroit Tigers, Major League Baseball
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