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Still frame of the 1953 opening graphic of the DuMont network's The Old American Barn Dance Author: Kling Studios, Chicago Source: Digital image from kinescope Non-free use Rationale: Though this image may be to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws, and the stricter requirements of Wikipedia's non-free content policies, because:

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