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Muriel and Malcolm Bell, Jr. Collection

Rights and Restrictions Information

Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 20540-4730


There are no restrictions known to the Library regarding the use of negatives, but a credit line is required as noted below. Privacy and publicity rights may apply.

Access: Permitted; subject to P&P policy on serving originals.

Reproduction (photocopying, hand-held camera copying, photoduplication and other forms of copying allowed by "fair use"): Permitted; subject to P&P policy on copying.

Publication and other forms of distribution: Permitted. Per the instrument of gift, the photographers dedicated to the public the rights they held to the negatives but requested a credit line. (See P&P Collection Files.) Privacy and publicity rights may also apply.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Photograph(s) by Muriel and Malcolm Bell, Jr., [Reproduction number e.g., LC-USZ62-123456]

For more information, please read: Copyright and Other Restrictions That Apply to Publication/Distribution of Images: Assessing the Risk of Using a P&P Image


Prepared by: Prints and Photographs Division staff. Created: June 01, 2007.


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