The restrictions on this collection expired in 1986, and the Library of Congress
believes this image is in the public domain. The photograph is by Carl Van Vechten.
Jump to the link below to download an MP3/Podcast of the entire War of the Worlds broadcast by Mercury Theatre. This is the piece that propelled Orson Welles to fame, Listen to it and celebrate that great actor, writer, director, and Madison Avenue pitchman, who spooked a large part of America 72 years ago, on October 30, 1938. And it's plenty spooky, in honor of the day.
http://www.mercurytheatre.info/
The image was distributed as a promotional photograph in the U.S. in 1941 for use
by the general media, satisfying the definition of "publication." There is no evidence
that it was distributed with copyright notice, as then required for copyright protection.
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