Image: Bo Diddley (1957 publicity portrait)
Description: Publicity portrait of American blues musician Bo Diddley, 1957, sitting with his "Twang Machine", a unique square electric guitar built for him by Gretsch.
Title: Bo Diddley (1957 publicity portrait)
Credit: Originally published as a publicity photo by Chess Records; an original copy can be seen, e.g., at this WorthPoint listing. High-res scan via RollingStone.com. Cropped and retouched by uploader.
Author: Published by Chess Records. Photographer unknown.
Permission: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1928 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.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No
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