Postcard photo of Marilyn Monroe. The photo is from her pre-stardom days when she did shoots for calendar photos, etc.
Date
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started being used circa 1963. These chrome postcard started replacing the older style linen ones in popularity starting in the late 1940s. Monroe began modeling circa late 1940s, doing various things like calendar photos. The photo was taken before she became a major star.
The card has no copyright marks on it as can be seen at the links.
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This work is in the
public domain
in the United States because it was
published
in the United States between 1929 and 1977, inclusive,
without a
copyright notice
. For further explanation, see
Commons:Hirtle chart
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This is a
featured picture
on the Persian language Wikipedia (
نگارههای برگزیده
) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination
here
.