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Copyright

Copyright and takedowns

Most of what is here belongs to nobody. A little of it belongs to this site. If something is wrong, there is a route for that.

Last updated 28 October 2026

This page explains how the site handles copyright, in plain language. It is not legal advice, and it does not create any obligation beyond what the law already requires.

The three kinds of material here

1. Newspaper pages — public domain

The scanned pages are US works published before 1931. They are in the public domain: they belong to nobody, and are held in the collections of the Library of Congress, which digitised them. If you reproduce a page, credit the Library of Congress as the source, not this site.

2. Photographs — licensed, credited on each image

Historic photographs come from the Library of Congress and Wikimedia Commons under their own public-domain or open licences. Each image carries its credit and licence next to it. If a credit is wrong, or an image should not be here at all, tell us — the fastest route is the photograph rights-claim form.

3. Summaries and headlines — this site's own work

The headlines, summaries and commentary are editorial work written for this site. They are not historical documents and should not be quoted as though they were. You may quote them with credit and a link.

Comments

Comments are written by readers, not by the site. If a comment infringes your copyright, send a notice as described below and it will be dealt with promptly.

How to send a copyright notice

Write to [email protected] and include:

  1. the copyrighted work you say has been infringed;
  2. the material on this site you say is infringing, with enough detail — a URL is ideal — to find it;
  3. your name, address, telephone number and email address;
  4. a statement that you believe in good faith the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
  5. a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act for them;
  6. your signature (typed is fine).

Notices that do not include all of this may be sent back, because the law requires each part before a site can act.

Designated agent

Same Streets designates an agent to receive copyright notices, registered with the US Copyright Office under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Agent: Copyright Agent, Same Streets
Email: [email protected]

The agent's postal address and telephone number are published in the Copyright Office's public directory of designated agents, which is the official record for service of a notice: copyright.gov/dmca-directory.

If your material is removed

If something of yours is removed and you believe it was removed wrongly, you may send a counter-notice to [email protected]. The standard process then applies.

Anything else

For corrections, questions, or anything that is not a copyright complaint, write to [email protected].