William Nelson Copley

Photo by Harris & Ewing, from https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2009003637/ This work is from the Harris & Ewing collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work.

Photo by Harry Thompson Bishop (1895-1963), from https://oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt6r29q3hx/?brand=oac4 Original file: https://ibb.co/PZHnhdF or https://imgbox.com/cNKTvHsF or https://pixhost.to/show/16/348943576_utcopley-james.jpg This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1928 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 (50 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. I checked on the Catalogs of Copyright Entries, and there is no copyright renewal on either San Diego Union or San Diego Evening Tribune. Therefore, this photograph lapsed into public domain.