Image: Skelton card 1948

Description: Photo from promotional postcard for Red Skelton's Raleigh Cigarettes radio show. Standing: Pat McGeehan, The Four Knights, David Rose (orchestra leader). Seated:Verna Felton ("Grandma" to Skelton's "Junior" character), Rod O'Connor (announcer), Lurlene Tuttle ("Mother" to Skelton's "Junior" character). Front: Red Skelton Copy from back of card:"Hi Folks, We hope you'll remember our new radio time Friday Night-back on your favorite NBC station. We dood it, Red Skelton & gang." Copyright details The postcard was sent to listeners of NBC Radio's Raleigh Cigarettes Show in 1948 and can be dated by the card's postmark. There are no copyright marks on either side, as can be seen in the full photo links. It is well within the free license timeframe. It was created for distribution to the radio show's listeners to induce regular listening, to promote the Raleigh brand of cigarettes, and to advise listeners that the time of the show had been changed. 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."
Title: Skelton card 1948
Credit: eBay photo full front of card photo full back of card
Author: NBC Radio/Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company/Raleigh cigarettes
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No