File:HotmikadoBill.jpg

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DescriptionHotmikadoBill.jpg	English: Photo of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in the Hot Mikado on the cover of the New York Sunday News in 1939. A search for renewals was done in periodicals for the years 1966 and 1967. There were no renewals for New York News, New York Daily News, or New York Sunday News. There's no evidence that copyright continues to be claimed on this material.
Date	Taken on 18 June 1939. Date is listed at link and is also at the upper right corner of the photo.
Source	page
Author	New York Sunday News
Permission (Reusing this file)	Copyright not renewed

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Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
2014-10-30 17:46	1093×1450× (363450 bytes)	We hope	This is a larger, cropped version of the photo on the New York Sunday News cover.
2014-07-06 22:51	481×663× (118727 bytes)	We hope	slightly larger copy with some marks fixed. These often show up on eBay and will watch for a larger copy of this.
2013-01-28 00:49	300×409× (86638 bytes)	Tim riley	Smaller version to comply with fair use requirements

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	15:39, 15 February 2015	1,093 × 1,450 (355 KB)	OgreBot	(BOT): Reverting to most recent version before archival
	15:39, 15 February 2015	300 × 409 (85 KB)	OgreBot	(BOT): Uploading old version of file from en.wikipedia; originally uploaded on 2013-01-28 00:49:22 by Tim riley
	22:39, 14 February 2015	1,093 × 1,450 (355 KB)	Renamed user 995577823Xyn	Reverted to version as of 22:17, 14 February 2015
	22:39, 14 February 2015	481 × 663 (116 KB)	Renamed user 995577823Xyn	uncropped copy of the New York Sunday news magazine cover-will revert after upload
	22:17, 14 February 2015	1,093 × 1,450 (355 KB)	Maile66	Transferred from en.wikipedia