Publicity photo of American child actor, Tommy Rettig, and American canine performer Lassie promoting the CBS television series Lassie, circa 1955.
Date
Earliest news agency date stamp is May 6, 1958 (Note: This date is difficult to read in the black and white scan provided below, however, the The Seattle Times, which has the original image in their possession, confirms the date is 1958, as can be verified in the source links below)
It is unspecified as to whether the publicity materials were originally distributed by a personal publicity agency employed to promote the subject, or if they were distributed by a company promoting a project the subject was involved with, circa 1953–1958 (e.g., The CBS Television Network promoting the television series, Lassie.
The photo has no copyright markings on it as can be seen in the links above (also see original upload).
Licensing
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of "publication" for public art. 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 p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
Photo has been cropped to eliminate unnecessary background for the purposes of use on various Wikis. Previous upload was to establish dating and to show that there are no copyright marks on the image.
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