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Image credits & rights notes

Source links and rights notes for the first-pass archival imagery used or staged for OldHollywood.co. Rights descriptions below are transcribed from how the files are represented on Wikimedia Commons and should still be spot-checked before any large-scale commercial reuse.

This page is deliberately conservative. Questionable or unclear files are excluded. The collection emphasizes public-domain material, publicity stills, posters with expired/nonrenewed copyright, and a few freely licensed modern reference photographs for surviving locations.

Credits manifest

Every staged archival image with source and status note.

Hollywood Boulevard — Hollywood Boulevard looking east (1928). Public domain (US). Historic street photograph via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Hollywood & Vine — Hollywood & Vine intersection (1928). Public domain (US). Historic intersection photograph via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Hollywoodland Sign — Hollywoodland sign (1920s). Public domain (US). Historic sign photograph via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Clark Gable — Clark Gable publicity portrait (1930s). Public domain (US; publicity still). Publicity portrait of Clark Gable via Wikimedia Commons. View source · Used on related page.

Rita Hayworth — Rita Hayworth publicity portrait (1947). Public domain (US; publicity still). Columbia publicity portrait of Rita Hayworth via Wikimedia Commons. View source · Used on related page.

James Stewart — James Stewart publicity portrait (1940s). Public domain (US; publicity still). Publicity portrait of James Stewart via Wikimedia Commons. View source · Used on related page.

Greta Garbo — Greta Garbo portrait (1925). CC0 / public domain. 1925 portrait photograph of Greta Garbo via Wikimedia Commons. View source · Used on related page.

Humphrey Bogart — Humphrey Bogart publicity portrait (1940s). Public domain (US; publicity still). Publicity portrait of Humphrey Bogart via Wikimedia Commons. View source · Used on related page.

Bette Davis — Bette Davis publicity still from Now, Voyager (1942). Public domain (US; publicity still). Publicity still of Bette Davis in Now, Voyager via Wikimedia Commons. View source · Used on related page.

Hattie McDaniel — Hattie McDaniel studio publicity portrait (1939). Public domain (US; publicity still). Studio publicity portrait of Hattie McDaniel via Wikimedia Commons. View source · Used on related page.

Ingrid Bergman — Ingrid Bergman studio portrait (1940s). Public domain (US; publicity still). Studio portrait of Ingrid Bergman via Wikimedia Commons. View source · Used on related page.

Joan Crawford — Joan Crawford publicity portrait (1930s). Public domain (US; publicity still). Publicity portrait of Joan Crawford via Wikimedia Commons. View source · Used on related page.

Sidney Poitier — Sidney Poitier publicity portrait (1968). Public domain (US; publicity still). Publicity portrait of Sidney Poitier via Wikimedia Commons. View source · Used on related page.

Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel — Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (1927). Public domain (US). Historic photograph of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel via Wikimedia Commons. View source · Used on related page.

Grauman's Chinese Theatre — Grauman's Chinese Theatre (1927). Public domain (US). Historic photograph of Grauman's Chinese Theatre via Wikimedia Commons. View source · Used on related page.

Hollywood Brown Derby — Hollywood Brown Derby building (1928). Public domain (US). Historic photograph of the Brown Derby building via Wikimedia Commons. View source · Used on related page.

Ciro's — Ciro's neon sign (1955). CC BY-SA 3.0. Photograph of Ciro's neon sign via Wikimedia Commons. View source · Used on related page.

Paramount Pictures — Paramount Pictures studio gate (c. 1940). Public domain (tagged on Commons). Historic photograph of the Paramount Pictures studio gate via Wikimedia Commons. View source · Used on related page.

Musso & Frank Grill — Musso & Frank exterior (2006). Public domain dedication. Photograph of Musso & Frank Grill via Wikimedia Commons. View source · Used on related page.

It Happened One Night — It Happened One Night poster (1934). Public domain (US; poster copyright not renewed). Original release poster for It Happened One Night via Wikimedia Commons. View source · Used on related page.

His Girl Friday — His Girl Friday poster (1940). Public domain (US; poster copyright not renewed). Original release poster for His Girl Friday via Wikimedia Commons. View source · Used on related page.

A Star Is Born — A Star Is Born poster (1937). Public domain (US; poster copyright not renewed). Original release poster for A Star Is Born via Wikimedia Commons. View source · Used on related page.

Charade — Charade poster (1963). Public domain (US; poster copyright not renewed). Original release poster for Charade via Wikimedia Commons. View source · Used on related page.

Safety Last! — Safety Last! poster (1923). Public domain (US). Original release poster for Safety Last! via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Show People — Show People lobby card (1928). Public domain (US). Lobby card for Show People via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

The Divorcee — The Divorcee lobby card (1930). Public domain (US). Lobby card for The Divorcee via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Detour — Detour poster (1945). Public domain (US). Original release poster for Detour via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

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