File:John Lester showman 1920.jpg

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Description	Photo of showman John Lester 1867-1950
Author or copyright owner	unknown
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: US Passport Office Immediate source: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1174/images/32296_520307095_0021-00171?pId=2011426
Date of publication	1920
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	John Lester (showman)
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of their biographical article
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	No free equivalent exists that would effectively identify the individual in question. A replaceable free photo for the individual is impossible as he is deceased.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	a / The image is of sufficient res. for the article and for identification purposes, but lower res. than the original image. b / It is the sole intended image for the article.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The copy is of sufficient res. for commentary and I.D., but lower res. than the original. Copies made from it will be of inferior quality, unsuitable as pirate versions or other uses that would compete with the commercial purpose of the original publicity still.
Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 1950
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of John Lester (showman)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Lester_showman_1920.jpgtrue

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where the individual(s) concerned are deceased, or where access would for practical purposes be impossible,
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on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Copyrights.
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:15, 25 January 2023		266 × 374 (45 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	13:44, 24 January 2023	No thumbnail	298 × 419 (19 KB)	Ghmyrtle (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free historic portrait using File Upload Wizard

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John Lester (showman)

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