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New York World-Telegram & Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection at the Library of Congress

Rights & Reproductions

For researchers hoping to copy and publish images from the New York World-Telegram & Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, information about how to assess rights to images in the collection and how to obtain both reference and quality copies is provided below.

Rights Information

Obtaining Copies

Original Photographs

Images can be copied with a hand-held camera (see the Prints and Photographs Division’s policy on hand-held copying below.) Researchers can also show reading room staff images they wish to copy in the reading room copy machine, but most images in the collection are too old to be copied in this way. Researchers should always copy the backs of photos, as much important information can be found there.

Digitized Images

Researchers can download digital files.

  • Images that have a Rights Advisory of "No known restrictions on publication" display and make available for downloading larger jpeg and tiff files no matter where you are searching from. You can include "No known restrictions" in your search to try to focus on rights-free images.
  • Images that have a Rights Advisory of "Publication may be restricted" will display only thumbnail images outside Library of Congress buildings. Researchers can download larger files for such images when on site in any of the Library of Congress buildings while using Library public workstations or wireless connection. In downloading such images, researchers acknowledge that they are responsible for clearing any necessary permissions for use of potentially rights restricted images. Alternatively, researchers can purchase downloads of larger files through Library of Congress Duplication Services, acknowledging in placing the order that they are responsible for clearing any necessary permissions.

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