English: Photo taken 1929 and published 1929–30.

English: Originally published and distributed in 1929–30 by Paramount Records. This image is from the following reproduction:

Tefteller, John (2003). "Gold in Grafton! Long lost Paramount photos, artwork, 78s surface after 70 years!" 78 Quarterly. No. 12. p. 12. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015.

The image has been retouched to remove an inaccurate copyright notice.

English: Photo published by Paramount Records. Photographer uncredited and unknown.

English: No permission is required because the photo entered the public domain in the late 1950s at the latest. It is unlikely that the publicity photo was originally printed with a valid copyright notice, which would have been required upon publication in the US prior to 1978 to ensure copyright protection. Even assuming the original work carried a copyright notice, any copyright that may have existed was not renewed. The photograph was published in the US prior to 1964 and was not renewed with the US Copyright Office before the expiration of its initial 28-year copyright term. Because of the lack of renewal, the photograph entered the public domain on January 1, 1959, at the latest, assuming publication in 1930. In 2003, the photo was republished in 78 Quarterly. As reproduced in that magazine, the photo bears the following notice: "All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2003 Blues Images.com™. This photograph not to be reproduced or copied without express written permission." However, by that time the original copyright on the photo had lapsed, if it had ever existed in the first place, and a faithful reproduction of a public domain work cannot be copyrighted.