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The photograph shows a portion of the mural in the Library of Congress' Main Reading Room that depicts the countries, or epochs, that contributed to the "Evolution of Civilization". The mural is by Edwin Blashfield (1895). The digital image is from The Library of Congress web site[1]. The record for the photograph [2] (search for Bashfield) gives as copyright date "between 1896 and 1900?" and lists E.H. Blashfield as copyright holder.

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The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States, either because it was first published in 1922 or earlier, or for the reason described either above or below this message. Under American copyright law, originality of expression is necessary for copyright protection, and a mere photograph of an out-of-copyright work may not be protected under American copyright law. Note: Unless the creator died more than 70 years ago, the work of art is not public domain worldwide. It is still, however, usable on the English Wikipedia, because the servers it uses are located in the United States. This information (Creator, death date, etc) should always be listed if known. This image should not be transferred to Wikimedia Commons unless it can be verified to be in the public domain in its country of first publication.

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