Erwin E. Smith

Rights and Restrictions Information

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

Photographs by Erwin E. Smith submitted for copyright before 1923 are in the public domain. Other photographs are restricted. 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: Photographs by Erwin E. Smith submitted for copyright before 1923 are in the public domain. Other photographs are protected by copyright. The Amon Carter Museum, which houses the photographer's original negatives on deposit from the Library of Congress, also administers the copyrights for the Erwin E. Smith Foundation. In 1986 the Library of Congress transferred its holdings of original negatives to the Museum but retains copy negatives and reference prints. For permission, contact:

Credit Line: Erwin E. Smith Collection of the Library of Congress on deposit at the Amon Carter Museum, [reproduction number, e.g., LC-S611-716]

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Prepared by: Prints and Photographs Division staff. Last revised: August 4, 2005.