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Summary

Description	English: Promotional photo card of Garfield Goose and Geronimo, the butler.
Date	Thanksgiving Day, 1953 27 April 2011 (original upload date)
Source	eBay auction Photo of card front Photo of back of card with no copyright marks. Transferred from en.wikipedia by SreeBot
Author	WBBM-TV/Photographer-Thomas M. Green, Chicago. Uploaded by We hope at en.wikipedia
Permission (Reusing this file)	There are no copyright marks or statements on either side of this card as seen at photo links. It was created for distribution to the show's viewers; copies were distributed in response to fan letters, photo requests, etc. The image was meant to attract attention and publicity for the show. The aim of this image was exactly the same as the publicity shots/stills done in the film industry. The item can be dated by a timeline of the show and the television station it was broadcast on. February 1953 (CBS's purchase of WBKB and its changing call letters to WBBM-TV.) and July 1953. (WBBM-TV continued to operate on the Channel 4 frequency until July 1953; after that, it had the permanent frequency of Channel 2.) The monkey butler was the first addition to the show; he arrived on Thanksgiving Day, 1953. The photo shows his arrival, tipping his hat to his new employer. A Google News Archive search of the Chicago Tribune television listings for November 1953 lists the program being broadcast on Channel 2, WBBM-TV. This establishes who the owner of the photo was. Copyright searches were done on the following without any results: Garfield Goose Frazier Thomas WBBM-TV There is no evidence any of the parties listed claim copyright on the image. 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."

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Upload date | User | Bytes | Dimensions | Comment

2011-06-26 05:24 (UTC) | We hope | 42822 (bytes) | 600×407 | Slightly larger, better quality copy of image.
2011-04-27 03:50 (UTC) | We hope | 115349 (bytes) | 565×372 | {{Information |Article = Garfield Goose and Friends |Description = Promotional photo card of Garfield Goose and Geronimo, the butler. |Author =WBBM-TV |Date = Thanksgiving Day, 1953 |Source =[http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-1950s

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	05:33, 1 October 2012	600 × 407 (64 KB)	Renamed user 995577823Xyn	Photo greyscaled and auto corrected.
	05:31, 1 October 2012	610 × 725 (40 KB)	Renamed user 995577823Xyn	Copy of photo card front and back; there are no copyright marks.
	10:27, 17 October 2011	600 × 407 (42 KB)	SreeBot	(Original text) : Slightly larger, better quality copy of image.
	10:27, 17 October 2011	565 × 372 (113 KB)	SreeBot	(Original text) : {{Information \|Article = Garfield Goose and Friends \|Description = Promotional photo card of Garfield Goose and Geronimo, the butler. \|Author =WBBM-TV \|Date = Thanksgiving Day, 1953 \|Source =[http://cgi.e