DescriptionHeavyweight Contender Roy Harris Sports Illustrated Cover.jpg
English: Casual portrait of contender Roy Harris with rifle gun and dog, animal, Cut and Shoot, TX 6/15/1958. Published on the cover of Sports Illustrated August 18, 1958.
Sports illustrated issues from January 7, 1958 to March 8, 1959, inclusive, did not have their copyrights renewed. This photo was taken by staff photographer John G. Zimmerman and was a work for hire, so the copyright was owned by the magazine and entered the public domain when the copyright was not renewed in 1986.
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