Image: Marv Tarplin (cropped)

Description: Publicity photo of the American band The Miracles, circa 1962. Clockwise from top left: Bobby Rogers, Marv Tarplin, Ronald White, Claudette Robinson, and Smokey Robinson. (Not pictured: Warren "Pete" Moore.))
Title: Marv Tarplin (cropped)
Credit: The photo was first published as a publicity photo. Original source: A scan of the original publicity photo can be seen at the Detroit Public Library Digital Collections, Resource ID hk000074. This version can also be found in the upload history below to verify the lack of valid copyright notice as originally published. Instant source: High-res, cropped scan via The New York Times (retrieved April 4, 2021).
Author: Distributed by Tamla Records (Motown). Photographer uncredited and unknown.
Permission: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1927 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.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No