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Immediate source: Worthpoint: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1957-bob-dylan-high-school-yearbook-204460781?popular (for the left portrait) and https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1958-bob-dylan-high-school-yearbook-153646235 (for the right portrait)

The SOURCE of the photo -- the actual physical high school yearbooks -- are rare and valuable. In fact we got the image from Worthpoint, an auction site that was selling it. Abe Books has a copy and they are asking US$ 1,750.00.

However, that is for the physical yearbook. The digital image -- this is less clear. First of all, when the image was published, there's a fair chance that no copyright notice was given by the photographer (There may have been a copyright notice for the book overall, the text. Probably not, can't tell without access to a copy.) We believe that if so this would mean that there's no copyright.

At any rate, the image is monochrome, small, and fuzzy. Nevertheless a writer could still want it in a book or article, or a person might want to buy a digital copy for their own viewing. If the copyright holder or her estate can be found. And cajoled to license the rights after 63 years. How much would be paid -- we don't know. Enough to make a difference to a 90 year old woman or her estate, quite possibly.

So first of all the presumption that an unobtainable photo of a dead person is permitted per WP:NFCI #10 ("Pictures of deceased persons, in articles about that person, provided that ever obtaining a free close substitute is not reasonably likely" unless from a photo agency such as Getty, which this image isn't).

So, the objection would be around whether the copyright holders (if knowable, if it is even copyrighted) commercial value is diminished to any significant degree by our publishing this image. If you think so we can discuss it. (FWIW it appears the copyright holder hasn't come forward to monetize it in the 63 years since publication, at least not successfully, as no photo archive or anyone else seems to have it.)

Altho the photo itself is not actually discussed in the article (we suppose we could shoehorn something in if you insist, but that's not the best way to make articles), we do think it's useful for demonstrating "What Bob Dylan saw when he was crushing on her and dating her, and how he remembered her when he wrote the song (if he did)", which is the main source of her notability and important for the reader to fully understand the entity, we think.

The photos were taken in 1957-1958. Supposing the photographer was 25, she would be 88 in 2021 and so quite possibly alive or recently deceased.

The source (Worthpoint) is pretty strict -- the page says "Items in the Worthopedia® are obtained exclusively from licensors and partners solely for our members’ research needs" and also "Raw data from eBay under sublicense". But the "items" is the physical yearbook. "Obtained from licensors and partners" doesn't mean they obtained copyright and distribution rights (which would include making more physical copies of the book unless specifically forbidden). Why would they. And the only thing the mark with an ® is the Worthpoint name itself. They could have said "All images here are ® Worthpoint or source", but they didn't.

Of course in the real human world, somebody came to them and said "sell this physical item for me". There was no seeking out of copyright holders of the photos and paying for the rights (as that would be money wasted). I'm 99+% sure that this is the case, so while Worthpoint can say "We don't own the rights, but we're putting this excerpt here, but you can't use it", so what, anybody can say that. Get the copyright or clam up.