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"As a publicly supported institution the Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections.
Summary: There are no known restrictions on the photographs in the George Grantham Bain Collection.
Access: Permitted; subject to P&P policy on serving originals.
Reproduction (photocopying, hand-held camera copying, photoduplication and other forms of copying allowed by "fair use"): Permitted; subject to P&P policy on copying.
Publication and other forms of distribution: No known restrictions.
Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [reproduction number, [LC-DIG-ggbain-12363]"