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The photo was published simultaneously in many newspapers, some of which had no copyright notice at all (neither for the photo in particular, nor for the newspaper as a whole). For example:

• The Capital Times
• The Des Moines Register
• The Charlotte News
• Detroit Free Press
• Fort Worth Star-Telegram
• The South Bend Tribune
• St. Petersburg Times
• The Arizona Republic
• Dayton Daily News

Also published without copyright notice in (1976) The Instant It Happened, H.N. Abrams & The Associated Press, p. 211 . (The book contained only an "All Rights Reserved" notice, which is not a valid copyright notice under US law.)

Copyright was therefore forfeited per section 9 of the Copyright Act of 1909, which required that notice of copyright be affixed to every published copy.