File:Captain Robert Nisbet.jpg

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Summary

Scan of family photograph of Captain Robert Henry Nisbet, circa 1912-1917. He died in 1917. Family heirloom. Captioned on the back "Grandpa Nisbet long ago." My grandfather was Robert Henry Nisbet Pollands, grandson of Robert Henry Nisbet, and my mother inherited the photograph from him. The image is of my great-great-grandfather.

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Fair use for Robert Nisbet (sea captain)

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Description	Scan of family photograph of Captain Robert Henry Nisbet, circa 1912-1917. He died in 1917. The photographer, and hence their date of death for determining expiration of copyright, is unknown.
Source	Family heirloom. Captioned on the back "Grandpa Nisbet long ago." My grandfather was Robert Henry Nisbet Pollands, grandson of Robert Henry Nisbet, and my mother inherited the photograph from him. The image is of my great-great-grandfather.
Article	Robert Nisbet (sea captain)
Portion used	N.A
Low resolution?	It is of much lower resolution than the original. Copies made from it will be of very inferior quality.
Purpose of use	Used to illustrate an article detailing his life (which I have neither authored nor edited, save to add this photograph).
Replaceable?	No non-copyrighted images of him have been located, at least by me. There are photographs of him in copyrighted works.
Other information	Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws, and the stricter requirements of Wikipedia's non-free content policies, because: It is a photo of a famous individual for whom few photographs are readily available. The photo is only being used for informational purposes.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Robert Nisbet (sea captain)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Captain_Robert_Nisbet.jpgtrue

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:01, 9 April 2021		251 × 398 (114 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	04:05, 8 April 2021	No thumbnail	3,647 × 5,783 (3.86 MB)	Don.H.40 (talk \| contribs)	Scan of family photograph of Captain Robert Henry Nisbet, circa 1912-1917. He died in 1917. Captioned on the back "Grandpa Nisbet long ago." My grandfather was Robert Henry Nisbet Pollands, and my mother , Irene Roberta Pollands Hall, inherited the photograph from him. So he was my great-great-grandfather, and this photograph is a family heirloom. Used to illustrate an article detailing his life (which I have neither authored nor edited, save to add this photograph). Once approved rationa...

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Robert Nisbet (sea captain)