Image: Amos andy 1929 postcard

Description: Promotional postcard of Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden as Amos and Andy.
Title: Amos andy 1929 postcard
Credit: Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Sreejithk2000 using CommonsHelper. (Original text : eBay auction card front card back)
Author: Surebest Bread
Permission: (Original text : *There are no copyright marks or statements on either side of this card as seen at photo links. It was created for distribution to the show's listeners. The image was meant to attract attention and publicity for the show and for its sponsor. While the auction description dates this as 1925, further research indicates it is instead 1929. The radio show Amos 'n' Andy did not exist until 1928, as it was necessary for Gosden and Correll to change the name of their program from Sam 'n' Henry to Amos 'n' Andy when they left WGN Radio for WMAQ Radio in 1928. WGN owned the rights to the name Sam 'n' Henry. The men left WGN Radio over the idea of syndication of their radio show. This right was granted them by their WMAQ contract, and they were able to record the programs and send these recordings to radio stations in other areas which were part of their "network". Prior to being sponsored by Pepsodent toothpaste, the show had various sponsors in various localities. Surebest Bread was based in Dallas, TX; the card is postmarked from there. The historian Elizabeth MacLeod has documented the sponsorship of the program out of Dallas by Surebest. "I've documented two others besides Crown Drug in Kansas City. The Shell Company of California sponsored the program on KFRC in San Francisco, for Shell 400 "Dry" Gasoline, and the Surebest Baking Company sponsored the series on KRLD, Dallas for Surebest Bread. "Both of these sponsors gave away premiums to promote the series. During the spring of 1929, Shell gave away shell-shaped "Fresh Air Taxi" logo stickers promoting both the gasoline and KFRC, and Surebest gave away a postcard of Correll and Gosden in street clothes (the head-and-shoulders picture of C&G appearing at the top of each page on my A&A website is taken from this postcard.) Interestingly, the Surebest postcard shows the performers as themselves -- but their real names appear nowhere on it, with the caption reading simply "This is Amos -- This is Andy."" There is no evidence of a copyright on the image. United States Copyright Office page 2 "Visually Perceptible Copies The notice for visually perceptible copies should contain all three elements described below. They should appear together or in close proximity on the copies. 1 The symbol © (letter C in a circle); the word “Copyright”; or the abbreviation “Copr.” 2 The year of first publication. If the work is a derivative work or a compilation incorporating previously published material, the year date of first publication of the derivative work or compilation is sufficient. Examples of derivative works are translations or dramatizations; an example of a compilation is an anthology. The year may be omitted when a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work, with accompanying textual matter, if any, is reproduced in or on greeting cards, postcards, stationery, jewelry, dolls, toys, or useful articles. 3 The name of the copyright owner, an abbreviation by which the name can be recognized, or a generally known alternative designation of owner.1 Example © 2007 Jane Doe.")
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