File:Skelton card 1948.jpg

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DescriptionSkelton card 1948.jpg	English: Photo from promotional postcard for Red Skelton's Raleigh Cigarettes radio show. Standing: Pat McGeehan, The Four Knights, David Rose (orchestra leader). Seated:Verna Felton ("Grandma" to Skelton's "Junior" character), Rod O'Connor (announcer), Lurlene Tuttle ("Mother" to Skelton's "Junior" character). Front: Red Skelton Copy from back of card:"Hi Folks, We hope you'll remember our new radio time Friday Night-back on your favorite NBC station. We dood it, Red Skelton & gang." Copyright details The postcard was sent to listeners of NBC Radio's Raleigh Cigarettes Show in 1948 and can be dated by the card's postmark. There are no copyright marks on either side, as can be seen in the full photo links. It is well within the free license timeframe. It was created for distribution to the radio show's listeners to induce regular listening, to promote the Raleigh brand of cigarettes, and to advise listeners that the time of the show had been changed. United States Copyright Office page 2 "Visually Perceptible Copies The notice for visually perceptible copies should contain all three elements described below. They should appear together or in close proximity on the copies. 1 The symbol © (letter C in a circle); the word “Copyright”; or the abbreviation “Copr.” 2 The year of first publication. If the work is a derivative work or a compilation incorporating previously published material, the year date of first publication of the derivative work or compilation is sufficient. Examples of derivative works are translations or dramatizations; an example of a compilation is an anthology. The year may be omitted when a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work, with accompanying textual matter, if any, is reproduced in or on greeting cards, postcards, stationery, jewelry, dolls, toys, or useful articles. 3 The name of the copyright owner, an abbreviation by which the name can be recognized, or a generally known alternative designation of owner.1 Example © 2007 Jane Doe."
Date	12 October 1948 as shown in postmark
Source	eBay photo full front of card photo full back of card
Author	NBC Radio/Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company/Raleigh cigarettes

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2011-09-06 19:41 (UTC) | We hope | 65679 (bytes) | 501×361 | Reverted to version as of 05:01, 18 August 2011
2011-09-06 19:40 (UTC) | We hope | 67439 (bytes) | 701×447 | This is the back of the postcard with source and dating information via the post mark. Will revert to front cropped version after upload.
2011-08-18 05:01 (UTC) | We hope | 65679 (bytes) | 501×361 | Adjusted saturation for better tone/tint.
2011-05-23 15:14 (UTC) | We hope | 76938 (bytes) | 501×361 | {{commons ok}} {{Information |Article = |Description = Photo from promotional postcard for Red Skelton's Raleigh Cigarettes radio show. Standing: Pat McGeehan, The Four Knights, David Rose (orchestra leader). Seated:Verna Felton ("Grand

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	01:46, 11 March 2017	1,437 × 856 (254 KB)	Renamed user 995577823Xyn	larger copy
	20:03, 11 October 2013	620 × 433 (70 KB)	Renamed user 995577823Xyn	this seems to be a better copy of the card front
	02:43, 1 October 2012	501 × 361 (60 KB)	Renamed user 995577823Xyn	greyscale
	16:02, 10 September 2011	501 × 361 (64 KB)	SreeBot	(Original text) : Reverted to version as of 05:01, 18 August 2011
	16:02, 10 September 2011	701 × 447 (66 KB)	SreeBot	(Original text) : This is the back of the postcard with source and dating information via the post mark. Will revert to front cropped version after upload.
	16:02, 10 September 2011	501 × 361 (64 KB)	SreeBot	(Original text) : Adjusted saturation for better tone/tint.
	16:01, 10 September 2011	501 × 361 (75 KB)	SreeBot	(Original text) : {{commons ok}} {{Information \|Article = \|Description = Photo from promotional postcard for Red Skelton's Raleigh Cigarettes radio show. Standing: Pat McGeehan, The Four Knights, David Rose (orchestra leader). Seated: