English: Promotional photo sent in response to fan mail from Fibber McGee & Molly radio program on NBC Radio. The photo depicts the entire radio show cast at the time.

Copyright details

• This photo was a response to listener/fan mail to the NBC radio program Fibber McGee & Molly, as can be seen in the copy "With best wishes from all of us, (signed) Fibber McGee & Molly.". I am aware of at least two other identical copies of the photo which are in poorer condition than this one:

example 1

example 2 which has been edited to separate the photos

• link 2 (no wayback machine due to robots not allowed above)

and another version of the photo that depicted only Jim and Marian Jordan:

photo front

photo back

• copy of front
• copy of back

There are no marks on this version any more than are seen in the version with the entire cast pictured.

• No copyright marks are seen on the photo.
• From the list of supporting cast and their photos, this appears to be circa 1939. Some characters shown on it were introduced in that year, while others who were introduced later in the run of the program are not pictured in the cast photo. The radio program aired from 1935 to 1959.
• The dating makes the item well within the pre-1978 timeframe.
• 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.”

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