DescriptionWolfe-Body-in-the-Hall-1.jpg	English: Lead illustration for "The Body in the Hall," a Nero Wolfe story by Rex Stout that first appeared in The American Magazine and was subsequently collected in the book Three Witnesses (1956), titled "Die Like a Dog"
Date	December 1954
Source	Self scan from The American Magazine for December 1954 (p. 121)
Author	Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, illustration by Thornton Utz
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December 1954 issue of The American Magazine was copyrighted in 1954 by Crowell-Collier Publishing Company (page 189) but not renewed:

• No renewal is listed for The American Magazine: [1]
• No renewal is listed for Thornton Utz: [2]

Background
"Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly began publishing in 1876. In 1904, it was renamed Leslie's Monthly Magazine, and then Leslie's Magazine in 1905. Later that year (in the middle of volume 60), it was renamed the American Illustrated Magazine, shortening to the American Magazine in 1906. It kept continuous volume numbering throughout its history. The magazine ceased publication in 1956. While no copyright renewals are known for the issues, a number of stories that appeared in the magazine had their copyrights renewed."