Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 March 26

= March 26 =

Photo Rights
How do you know when you can use a picture? For example would a picture from the 1800's have any copyright and if so how can you tell? I want to know bout photo rights mainly for these two pictures of Alexander Hunter. http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/alexander-hunter.htm and https://archive.org/details/confederateveter22conf/page/468/mode/2up. Gandalf the Groovy (talk) 14:56, 26 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Since the source of these photographs is the US, I interpret the question as whether they are in the public domain in the United States. Works published before March 26, 1926, as these apparently are, are generally considered public domain. --Lambiam 16:12, 26 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Your first link is the same pic used at Findagrave, as I mentioned earlier. If there's any doubt, you could ask the poster at Findagrave and/or ask the poster at your first link. <-Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots-> 16:51, 26 March 2021 (UTC)


 * We have a specific board where knowledgeable people are likely to hang out: Media copyright questions -- AnonMoos (talk) 22:00, 26 March 2021 (UTC)