Image: The-Temptations (1964 publicity photo by Kriegsmann)

Description: Publicity photo of the "Classic 5" lineup of American band The Temptations in 1964. Clockwise from top: David Ruffin, Melvin Franklin, Otis Williams, Eddie Kendricks, and Paul Williams.
Title: The-Temptations (1964 publicity photo by Kriegsmann)
Credit: First published as a publicity photo by Gordy Records/Motown. Scan via Motor City Radio Flashbacks. Cropped and retouched by the uploader; see upload history below for unretouched original.
Author: James J. Kriegsmann
Permission: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1927 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.
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License: Public domain
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