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Summary

Description
English: Photo of Robert Ripley, the creator of Believe It or Not.
Date Press release is undated. There is a date stamp of 19 September 1940 on back.
Source

eBay item photo front

photo back
Author Press release says "From Ripley Office".
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 PD-PRE1978. Note that the marks on the back of the photo are not copyright marks, but either photographers' or collectors' marks. Have shown them right side up for clarification.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of "publication" for public art.
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Ripley holding two apples that have "BELIEVE IT OR NOT" wrapped around them.

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Robert Ripley

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current22:09, 29 September 2012Thumbnail for version as of 22:09, 29 September 2012780 × 941 (153 KB)Renamed user 995577823Xyngreyscale
04:02, 5 November 2011Thumbnail for version as of 04:02, 5 November 2011780 × 941 (166 KB)Renamed user 995577823XynPhoto has been cropped and auto corrected. Previous upload was to establish dating, source and that there are no copyright marks on it.
04:01, 5 November 2011Thumbnail for version as of 04:01, 5 November 20111,600 × 1,024 (180 KB)Renamed user 995577823Xyn{{Information |Description=Photo of Robert Ripley, the creator of "Believe it or Not". |Source=[http://www.ebay.com/itm/1940-Robert-Ripley-Believe-Not-Creator-Photo-/150663068982?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item231437fd36#ht_2461wt_1164 eBay item] [http://i1

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