File:Pierce Knox 1950.jpg

DescriptionPierce Knox 1950.jpg	English: Publicity photo of Pierce Knox, blind marimba player.
Date	There is a date stamp of 1950-02-05
Source	ebay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/170753173733?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649)
Author	Horace Heidt Agency
Permission (Reusing this file)	Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse 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. Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (50 p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties. العربية ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ čeština ∙ Deutsch ∙ Ελληνικά ∙ English ∙ español ∙ français ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ 한국어 ∙ македонски ∙ Nederlands ∙ português ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ ไทย ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ +/−

This work is in the public domain in that it was published in the United States between 1923 and 1977 and without a copyright notice.

The photo has no copyright markings on it as can be seen in the original upload composite photo of front and back sides.

It was created for publicity purposes-distribution to the media. The image was meant to bring attention and publicity for the personalities pictured, the same as the publicity photos for actors and actresses in the film industry were intended to do.