Credits & rights
Every image, accounted for
42 portrait records
Portrait categories in this edition
- : 7
- : 1
- : 3
- : 5
- : 8
- : 18
11 portraits have been upgraded with verified source originals and item-level evidence. No category implies another: “no known restrictions” is an institutional statement, not a public-domain finding.
Agency and institutional images
Maintain accurate historical context, credit the creator/agency, preserve source records and avoid implying subject or agency endorsement.
NASA, National Park Service, U.S. Air Force and Library of Congress images are used for factual educational biography profiles. Their use does not imply endorsement by any agency or by the people shown. No promotional, merchandise or separate personality-rights clearance is asserted. These limits do not prevent the identified factual educational profile use.
Evidence reviewed 2026-11-08.
Provenance
Alice Augusta Ball
- Kind
- Historical photograph
- Credit / creator
- Alice Augusta Ball, 1915; University of Hawaiʻi via Wikimedia Commons; photographer unknown
- Source page
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alice_Augusta_Ball.jpg
- Original file
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Alice_Augusta_Ball.jpg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/alice-ball.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Source-declared public domain
Recorded statement: “Public domain in the United States, according to the inspected Wikimedia Commons file record.”
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Charlotta Bass
- Kind
- Photograph: Bass at right, with Paul Robeson
- Caption
- Charlotta Bass (right, holding papers) with Paul Robeson (left), 1949.
- Credit / creator
- Charlotta Bass with Paul Robeson, 1949; National Park Service
- Source page
- https://www.nps.gov/people/charlottabass.htm
- Original file
- https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/people/nri/20180306/people/DAB455C7-1DD8-B71B-0BD9936FED6C9A25/DAB455C7-1DD8-B71B-0BD9936FED6C9A25.jpg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/charlotta-bass.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Source-declared public domain
Recorded statement: “Public domain, explicitly labeled by NPS; group image, identify Bass in caption”
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Patricia Bath
- Kind
- Historical photograph
- Credit / creator
- Courtesy of Eraka Bath, via USPTO; Patricia Bath in her laboratory in the 1990s
- Source page
- https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/journeys-innovation/historical-stories/sights-prize
- Original file
- https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/joi-bath-main-image1.jpg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/patricia-bath.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Rights unverified
Recorded statement: “Classroom review: rights not verified. A government webpage does not make this family-supplied photograph public domain.”
Review notes: alternative candidate image
Hold: Commons asserts PD-NIH-GOV, but underlying federal authorship was not corroborated in the current NLM page. NLM explicitly labels other Bath gallery photos Copyright Patricia E. Bath, M.D.; the current USPTO family-supplied photo also lacks a redistribution grant.
File-level PD tag inspected; low-resolution 307×418 is not a high-resolution upgrade. Current NLM portrait and gallery inspected; do not transfer government-site status across photos.
Recommendation: Keep current preview; no verified high-resolution openly reusable replacement found.
Candidate: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patriciabath.jpg · checked 2026-11-08
The portrait shown on the site is unchanged while review continues.
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Guion “Guy” Bluford
- Kind
- Portrait
- Credit / creator
- NASA/Johnson Space Center (S92-48766)
- Source page
- https://www.nasa.gov/former-astronaut-guion-bluford/
- Original file
- https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/S92-48766/S92-48766~orig.jpg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/guion-bluford.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- 1992-10-23
- Quality
- Source original available; web copies resized without upscaling.
- Source size
- 6625 × 8281 px
Permission
Reuse supported by agency terms
Recorded statement: “NASA/JSC official astronaut portrait. Item metadata identifies Johnson Space Center as producer. NASA permits factual educational and informational reuse with acknowledgment and without implied endorsement; commercial promotion and personality rights are separate.”
License URL: https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/
Rights evidence: https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/
Item evidence (checked 2026-11-08):
- NASA Image and Video Library item record names JSC as center/producer and describes an official astronaut portrait. No third-party copyright credit appears in the item record. Named photographer is not supplied.
- Inspected original photograph: correct astronaut, clearly visible face, orange NASA suit and helmet; no generated imagery.
Complete supplied item evidence
- id
- guion-bluford
- nasa id
- S92-48766
- item metadata url
- https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/S92-48766/metadata.json
- archive asset api
- https://images-api.nasa.gov/asset/S92-48766
- rightsstatement
- NASA/JSC official astronaut portrait. Item metadata identifies Johnson Space Center as producer. NASA permits factual educational and informational reuse with acknowledgment and without implied endorsement; commercial promotion and personality rights are separate.
- rights evidence url
- https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/
- credit
- NASA/Johnson Space Center (S92-48766)
- dims
- [6625,8281]
- portrait date
- 1992-10-23
- sha256
- 682c1ce1f1637791d0a9d4c235234d8b06c6e79476f172697845d69f150b5725
- status
- reuse-supported-for-educational-profile
- visual review
- Inspected original photograph: correct astronaut, clearly visible face, orange NASA suit and helmet; no generated imagery.
- authorship evidence
- NASA Image and Video Library item record names JSC as center/producer and describes an official astronaut portrait. No third-party copyright credit appears in the item record. Named photographer is not supplied.
- scope note
- For factual biographical profiles and classroom learning with NASA credit, not an endorsement, advertisement, or merchandise clearance.
Qualification: For factual biographical profiles and classroom learning with NASA credit, not an endorsement, advertisement, or merchandise clearance.
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Jane Bolin
- Kind
- Portrait
- Title
- Office of War Information employee, according to the Commons source description; individual photographer not established, LC-USF344-007933-ZB / LOT 953 / fsa.8e04218
- Credit / creator
- Jane Bolin, 1942. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives, LC-USF344-007933-ZB, LOT 953, digital ID fsa.8e04218.
- Source page
- https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8e04218/
- Original file
- https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/fsa/8e04000/8e04200/8e04218u.tif
- Local cache
/media/portraits/jane-bolin.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- 1942 (Commons cataloging; not independently recovered from the inaccessible LOC item page)
- Quality
- Highest-resolution authentic archival version retrieved in this bounded review; not a claim about every version available.
- Composition
- Full original with negative border and slight historical skew. JPEG is a format conversion without retouching or cropping.
- Source size
- 3694 × 5000 px
Permission
Reuse supported by agency terms
Recorded statement: “Public-domain reuse is supported by the LOC FSA/OWI Black-and-White Negatives collection policy and the exact image provenance. The individual Bolin catalog rights field could not be retrieved.”
Rights evidence: https://onlineexhibits.library.yale.edu/s/early-black-yale-students/item/20922
Item evidence (checked 2026-11-08):
- Institutional identification of the current portrait: Yale labels the portrait LC-USF344-007933-ZB, LOT 953, via Wikimedia Commons.
- Identifier crosswalk and derivative history: Connects that Bolin portrait to LOC digital ID fsa.8e04218 and identifies FSA/OWI government work. The current Commons JPEG is a retouched crop; the supplied new file is the full original directly from LOC.
- Primary collection policy displayed on another item; NOT a Bolin item-level advisory: LOC Rights & Access states that the FSA/OWI Black-and-White Negatives collection is public domain and free to reuse.
- Exact primary digital file: Downloaded LOC original, 3694 by 5000 pixels; visually matches the Yale portrait and shows 7933-ZB in the border.
Qualification: Do not describe the inaccessible individual LOC item advisory as verified. The reuse conclusion rests on the identified original, cross-referenced institutional provenance, and primary collection policy. The date and unidentified OWI employee credit are documented as secondary catalog metadata.
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Portrait illustrationProvenance
Marie Van Brittan Brown
- Kind
- Institutional portrait illustration—not a historical photograph
- Credit / creator
- Portrait illustration presented by Lemelson-MIT; artist not identified on the inspected page
- Source page
- https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/marie-van-brittan-brown
- Original file
- https://lemelson.mit.edu/sites/default/files/inventor-photos/Brown_Sketch.jpeg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/marie-van-brittan-brown.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Rights unverified
Recorded statement: “Classroom review: rights and underlying likeness provenance not verified. Prefer patent drawing for public-release editions until cleared.”
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
- Kind
- Portrait
- Credit / creator
- Library and Archives Canada, Mary Ann Shadd Cary collection, e011536885; BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives, via Wikimedia Commons. Historical portrait, 1855–1860; photographer unknown.
- Source page
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Mary_Ann_Shadd_Cary.jpg
- Original file
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Portrait_of_Mary_Ann_Shadd_Cary.jpg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/mary-ann-shadd-cary.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
CC BY
Recorded statement: “CC BY 2.0, as supplied by Library and Archives Canada and verified on Commons. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ . No image alterations; presentation may scale or crop.”
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Claudette Colvin
- Kind
- Video still portrait
- Caption
- Claudette Colvin interviewed by Dr. Marion Woods at San Francisco Public Library, January 15, 2005.
- Credit / creator
- San Francisco Public Library, Claudette Colvin interviewed by Dr. Marion Woods, January 15, 2005. Video still via Wikimedia Commons; CC BY 3.0. Web copies converted and resized; cards may crop the framing.
- Source page
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Claudette_Colvin_2005.png
- Original file
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Claudette_Colvin_2005.png
- Local cache
/media/portraits/claudette-colvin.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- 2005-01-15
- Quality
- Source original available; web copies resized without upscaling.
- Source size
- 677 × 563 px
Permission
CC BY
Recorded statement: “CC BY 3.0. Attribute San Francisco Public Library, link the license, and identify any crop or other changes. Original video page confirms Creative Commons Attribution reuse; the Commons item records version 3.0.”
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Rights evidence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Item evidence (checked 2026-11-08):
- The original YouTube HTML identifies San Francisco Public Library as author and explicitly offers Creative Commons Attribution reuse. The Commons item identifies the same interview and CC BY 3.0, documenting its pre-August-2025 licensing.
- Passed: authentic interview still of Colvin; preserved without retouching. JPEG is format conversion only.
Complete supplied item evidence
- rights status
- supported
- license
- CC BY 3.0
- license url
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
- primary source
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNoCdzYpDgE
- creator
- San Francisco Public Library
- date
- 2005-01-15
- primary page observed license
- Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
- primary video publish date
- 2018-06-02
- evidence
- The original YouTube HTML identifies San Francisco Public Library as author and explicitly offers Creative Commons Attribution reuse. The Commons item identifies the same interview and CC BY 3.0, documenting its pre-August-2025 licensing.
- selection note
- Best reuse-supported authentic portrait retrieved in this bounded review; 677×563 is suitable for a modest card, not a large high-resolution hero. The higher-resolution 1953 portrait on Commons has a less well documented publication-without-notice claim and was not selected.
- dims
- {"width":677,"height":563}
- visual review
- Passed: authentic interview still of Colvin; preserved without retouching. JPEG is format conversion only.
- credit
- San Francisco Public Library, Claudette Colvin interviewed by Dr. Marion Woods, January 15, 2005. Video still via Wikimedia Commons; CC BY 3.0. No alteration to the supplied PNG.
- reuse requirements
- ["Credit San Francisco Public Library.","Link https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.","Disclose any crop or other adaptation; do not imply library endorsement."]
- id
- claudette-colvin
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Emory Douglas
- Kind
- Portrait
- Credit / creator
- Amber Gregory / FontShop, Emory Douglas at TYPO San Francisco 2014, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
- Source page
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emory_Douglas.jpg
- Original file
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Emory_Douglas.jpg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/emory-douglas.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- See credit
- Source size
- 954 × 636 px
Permission
CC BY
Recorded statement: “CC BY 2.0; credit photographer and FontShop, link license, identify cropping or other modifications. Do not imply endorsement.”
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Upgraded portrait, checked 2026-11-08. Evidence: File-specific CC BY 2.0 statement; Flickr license reviewed April 30, 2014. Identity and file inspected.
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Annie Easley
- Kind
- Historical photograph
- Title
- Annie Easley in the Engine Research Building Central Control Room, 1981
- Credit / creator
- NASA Glenn Research Center, GRC-1981-C-03691 (1981).
- Source page
- https://www.nasa.gov/general/annie-easley/
- Original file
- https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/grc-1981-c-03691.jpg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/annie-easley.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- See credit
- Quality
- Unresized source file retained; highest-resolution version obtained from the inspected source, not a claim that no larger archival master exists.
- Source size
- 2004 × 2628 px
Permission
Reuse supported by agency terms
Recorded statement: “Factual educational/editorial reuse supported by NASA’s image guidelines and this file’s NASA Glenn authorship and Unlimited rights metadata.”
Rights evidence: https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/
Item evidence (checked 2026-11-08):
- The primary NASA photograph gallery identifies this exact control-room image and credits NASA.
- Original JPEG IPTC creator and EXIF Artist: NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER. IPTC copyright and EXIF Copyright: Unlimited.
- The original file is linked directly from NASA’s gallery; no third-party credit or contrary rights notice found.
Qualification: NASA’s specific educational-use permission applies to an item identified by both agency caption and embedded agency authorship; not inferred merely from hosting.
Scope: Educational biography profile use; not advertising, endorsement or merchandise.
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Evelyn Boyd Granville
- Kind
- Historical photograph
- Credit / creator
- Yale University Library exhibition; page credits SUNY Buffalo's Mathematicians of the African Diaspora resource
- Source page
- https://onlineexhibits.library.yale.edu/s/wise/page/evelyn-boyd-granville
- Original file
- https://omeka-yale-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/large/74503e547bc2ececf730d79c8c6a23184b69975b.jpg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/evelyn-boyd-granville.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Rights unverified
Recorded statement: “Classroom review: rights not verified.”
Review notes: alternative candidate image
Hold: no file-specific reuse license for an authentic high-resolution photograph verified.
Institutional portrait pages found but no reuse grant. The old Commons File:Granville evelyn.jpg was deleted in August 2018 for unexplained public-domain status and conflicting identity labeling. Do not revive that file as a supposedly cleared alternative.
Recommendation: Retain current Yale-supported preview and rights hold. Department of Energy has an illustration, but that does not fulfill authentic photographic-portrait preference.
Candidate: https://onlineexhibits.library.yale.edu/s/wise/page/evelyn-boyd-granville · checked 2026-11-08
The portrait shown on the site is unchanged while review continues.
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Augustus F. Hawkins
- Kind
- Official portrait painting
- Credit / creator
- Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Source page
- https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/14733
- Original file
- https://historycms.house.gov/uploadedImages/People/Listing/H/H000367%281%29.jpg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/augustus-hawkins.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Rights unverified
Recorded statement: “Classroom review: rights not verified”
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Mary Jackson
- Kind
- Portrait
- Credit / creator
- NASA/Robert Nye
- Source page
- https://images.nasa.gov/details/LRC-1971-OCIO_P-08767
- Original file
- https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/LRC-1971-OCIO_P-08767/LRC-1971-OCIO_P-08767~orig.tif
- Local cache
/media/portraits/mary-jackson.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- 1971
- Quality
- Source original available; web copies resized without upscaling.
- Source size
- 6295 × 8000 px
Permission
Reuse supported by agency terms
Recorded statement: “NASA educational/informational media terms; credit NASA. Agency-photographer attribution and public-release status are recorded in item metadata. No endorsement or promotional-use clearance implied.”
License URL: https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/
Rights evidence: https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/
Item evidence (checked 2026-11-08):
- Item metadata identifies NASA photographer Robert Nye and states that the image was released to the public; the item points to NASA media guidelines.
- Inspected downloaded original via proportion-preserving contact sheet; identity matches NASA item caption. No cropping, recoloring, or AI reconstruction.
Complete supplied item evidence
- figure id
- mary-jackson
- nasa id
- LRC-1971-OCIO_P-08767
- original url
- https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/LRC-1971-OCIO_P-08767/LRC-1971-OCIO_P-08767~orig.tif
- credit
- NASA/Robert Nye
- rights
- NASA educational/informational media terms; credit NASA. Agency-photographer attribution and public-release status are recorded in item metadata. No endorsement or promotional-use clearance implied.
- rights status
- verified
- rights category
- agency-terms
- evidence
- Item metadata identifies NASA photographer Robert Nye and states that the image was released to the public; the item points to NASA media guidelines.
- dimensions
- [6295,8000]
- caption
- Portrait of Mary Jackson at NASA Langley, 1971.
- visual review
- Inspected downloaded original via proportion-preserving contact sheet; identity matches NASA item caption. No cropping, recoloring, or AI reconstruction.
- sha256
- e4a520b03da4eeaa9c0ce970991ae887e0eab4b3bd471784b8737f2b1d0cc1a3
- reviewed
- 2026-11-08
- date caveat
- Item caption says October 9, 1971, while structured date says October 19, 1971. Use 1971 without an exact photo day.
Qualification: Item caption says October 9, 1971, while structured date says October 19, 1971. Use 1971 without an exact photo day.
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Mae Jemison
- Kind
- Portrait
- Credit / creator
- NASA/Johnson Space Center (S92-40463)
- Source page
- https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/amf-s92-40463/
- Original file
- https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/S92-40463/S92-40463~orig.jpg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/mae-jemison.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- 1992-07
- Quality
- Source original available; web copies resized without upscaling.
- Source size
- 6204 × 7755 px
Permission
Reuse supported by agency terms
Recorded statement: “NASA/JSC official astronaut portrait. Item metadata identifies Johnson Space Center as producer. NASA permits factual educational and informational reuse with acknowledgment and without implied endorsement; commercial promotion and personality rights are separate.”
License URL: https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/
Rights evidence: https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/
Item evidence (checked 2026-11-08):
- NASA Image and Video Library item record names JSC as center/producer and describes an official astronaut portrait. No third-party copyright credit appears in the item record. Named photographer is not supplied.
- Inspected original photograph: correct astronaut, clearly visible face, orange NASA suit and helmet; no generated imagery.
Complete supplied item evidence
- id
- mae-jemison
- nasa id
- S92-40463
- item metadata url
- https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/S92-40463/metadata.json
- archive asset api
- https://images-api.nasa.gov/asset/S92-40463
- rightsstatement
- NASA/JSC official astronaut portrait. Item metadata identifies Johnson Space Center as producer. NASA permits factual educational and informational reuse with acknowledgment and without implied endorsement; commercial promotion and personality rights are separate.
- rights evidence url
- https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/
- credit
- NASA/Johnson Space Center (S92-40463)
- dims
- [6204,7755]
- portrait date
- 1992-07
- sha256
- 7f9c8203cbf9e1304e30eedc2577d245818790f74cb817c45b17fecf7f188776
- status
- reuse-supported-for-educational-profile
- visual review
- Inspected original photograph: correct astronaut, clearly visible face, orange NASA suit and helmet; no generated imagery.
- authorship evidence
- NASA Image and Video Library item record names JSC as center/producer and describes an official astronaut portrait. No third-party copyright credit appears in the item record. Named photographer is not supplied.
- scope note
- For factual biographical profiles and classroom learning with NASA credit, not an endorsement, advertisement, or merchandise clearance.
Qualification: For factual biographical profiles and classroom learning with NASA credit, not an endorsement, advertisement, or merchandise clearance.
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Katherine Johnson
- Kind
- Portrait
- Credit / creator
- NASA/Bob Nye
- Source page
- https://images.nasa.gov/details/LRC-1971-B701_P-03033
- Original file
- https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/LRC-1971-B701_P-03033/LRC-1971-B701_P-03033~orig.tif
- Local cache
/media/portraits/katherine-johnson.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- 1971
- Quality
- Source original available; web copies resized without upscaling.
- Source size
- 6359 × 8000 px
Permission
Reuse supported by agency terms
Recorded statement: “NASA educational/informational media terms; credit NASA. Agency-photographer attribution and public-release status are recorded in item metadata. No endorsement or promotional-use clearance implied.”
License URL: https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/
Rights evidence: https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/
Item evidence (checked 2026-11-08):
- Item metadata identifies NASA photographer Bob Nye and states that the image was released to the public; the item points to NASA media guidelines.
- Inspected downloaded original via proportion-preserving contact sheet; identity matches NASA item caption. No cropping, recoloring, or AI reconstruction.
Complete supplied item evidence
- figure id
- katherine-johnson
- nasa id
- LRC-1971-B701_P-03033
- original url
- https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/LRC-1971-B701_P-03033/LRC-1971-B701_P-03033~orig.tif
- credit
- NASA/Bob Nye
- rights
- NASA educational/informational media terms; credit NASA. Agency-photographer attribution and public-release status are recorded in item metadata. No endorsement or promotional-use clearance implied.
- rights status
- verified
- rights category
- agency-terms
- evidence
- Item metadata identifies NASA photographer Bob Nye and states that the image was released to the public; the item points to NASA media guidelines.
- dimensions
- [6359,8000]
- caption
- Portrait of Katherine Johnson at NASA Langley, 1971.
- visual review
- Inspected downloaded original via proportion-preserving contact sheet; identity matches NASA item caption. No cropping, recoloring, or AI reconstruction.
- sha256
- 40962da260ac917d23548a10fc0a0ae2514e007f3fd50eb60d82f90944788a9a
- reviewed
- 2026-11-08
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Sargent Claude Johnson
- Kind
- Portrait
- Credit / creator
- Consuelo Kanaga, 1934; Brooklyn Museum, via National Park Service
- Source page
- https://www.nps.gov/safr/learn/historyculture/sargent-johnson.htm
- Original file
- https://www.nps.gov/safr/learn/historyculture/images/Consuelo_Kanaga_Sargent_Johnson_1934.jpg?autorotate=false&maxwidth=650
- Local cache
/media/portraits/sargent-claude-johnson.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Rights unverified
Recorded statement: “Classroom review: rights not verified; photograph is not automatically public domain because NPS hosts it”
Review notes: alternative candidate image
Hold: Commons file uses PD-USGov, but its named creator is the private Harmon Foundation. File-specific NARA donor/use status was not retrievable. Do not infer federal authorship from NARA custody.
Commons file metadata and raw wikitext inspected. NARA record unavailable; DPLA item cited by other researcher returned empty response. NARA documents warn some Harmon series have donor restrictions, so no blanket clearance asserted.
Recommendation: Keep current preview pending item-specific clearance; leave public-site release status hold.
Candidate: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sargent_Johnson,_painting_-_NARA_-_559180.jpg · checked 2026-11-08
The portrait shown on the site is unchanged while review continues.
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Frederick McKinley Jones
- Kind
- Historical photograph
- Credit / creator
- National Inventors Hall of Fame portrait; original photographer not identified on the inspected page
- Source page
- https://www.invent.org/inductees/frederick-mckinley-jones
- Original file
- https://www.invent.org/sites/default/files/styles/inductee_media/public/inductees/2024-09/Jones_Frederick%20headshot%20black%20and%20white%20.jpg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/frederick-mckinley-jones.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Rights unverified
Recorded statement: “Classroom review: rights not verified.”
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Percy Julian
- Kind
- Historical photograph
- Credit / creator
- National Inventors Hall of Fame portrait; original photographer not identified on inspected page
- Source page
- https://www.invent.org/inductees/percy-lavon-julian
- Original file
- https://www.invent.org/sites/default/files/styles/inductee_media/public/inductees/84-master_0.jpg?h=09022b38
- Local cache
/media/portraits/percy-julian.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Rights unverified
Recorded statement: “Classroom review: rights not verified.”
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Ernest Everett Just
- Kind
- Historical photograph
- Credit / creator
- Marine Biological Laboratory Archives; Ernest Everett Just, 1921
- Source page
- https://www.mbl.edu/about/history-archives/legacy-leadership/ernest-everett-just
- Original file
- https://www.mbl.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large_medium_325_325_/public/2021-12/Ernest%20Everett%20Just%201921%20Courtesy%20MBL%20Archives%20%20copy-crop.jpg?itok=Igc_O6wI
- Local cache
/media/portraits/ernest-everett-just.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Rights unverified
Recorded statement: “Classroom review: rights not verified.”
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley
- Kind
- Portrait
- Credit / creator
- Portrait identified as Elizabeth Keckley by the National Women's History Museum; original creator not specified.
- Source page
- https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/elizabeth-keckley
- Original file
- https://www.womenshistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2024-07/Untitled%20design-102.png?itok=HSZf1h_R
- Local cache
/media/portraits/elizabeth-hobbs-keckley.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Rights unverified
Recorded statement: “Classroom review: rights not verified.”
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Lewis Latimer
- Kind
- Historical photograph
- Credit / creator
- National Inventors Hall of Fame portrait; original photographer not identified on the inspected page
- Source page
- https://www.invent.org/inductees/lewis-latimer
- Original file
- https://www.invent.org/sites/default/files/styles/inductee_media/public/inductees/286-master_0.jpg?h=754009f3
- Local cache
/media/portraits/lewis-latimer.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Rights unverified
Recorded statement: “Classroom review: rights not verified.”
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Edmonia Lewis
- Kind
- Portrait
- Title
- Henry Rocher, NPG.94.95
- Credit / creator
- Henry Rocher, Edmonia Lewis, circa 1870. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, NPG.94.95. CC0; archival original downloaded via Wikimedia Commons.
- Source page
- https://avpreservation.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.94.95
- Original file
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Edmonia_Lewis_by_Henry_Rocher_-_Original.tif
- Local cache
/media/portraits/edmonia-lewis.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- circa 1870
- Quality
- Highest-resolution authentic archival version retrieved in this bounded review; not a claim about every version available.
- Composition
- Full mounted photograph; the historical mount and photographic imperfections are retained.
- Source size
- 3066 × 4923 px
Permission
CC0
Recorded statement: “CC0. The exact Smithsonian object record identifies the media as public domain; the downloaded archival original is a Commons-hosted copy of that NPG photograph.”
Rights evidence: https://avpreservation.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.94.95
Item evidence (checked 2026-11-08):
- Exact primary object record: Object number NPG.94.95; Restrictions & Rights: CC0; the media explanation expressly permits reuse as public-domain material.
- Original scan mirror and technical metadata: Identifies NPG.94.95 and Henry Rocher; distinguishes this unretouched archival TIFF from the restored versions. Original scan measures 3066 by 4923 pixels.
Qualification: The Smithsonian direct-image endpoint failed during download. The exact original scan was obtained from the documented Commons mirror. Do not credit Adam Cuerden as restorer of this unretouched original; that credit belongs to the separate restored versions.
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Bridget “Biddy” Mason
- Kind
- Portrait
- Credit / creator
- Portrait of Biddy Mason, date unknown; National Park Service
- Source page
- https://www.nps.gov/people/biddymason.htm
- Original file
- https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/people/nri/20180314/people/72E2384A-1DD8-B71B-0B21E88A69D8E00C/72E2384A-1DD8-B71B-0B21E88A69D8E00C.jpg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/biddy-mason.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Source-declared public domain
Recorded statement: “Public domain, explicitly labeled by NPS”
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Miriam Matthews
- Kind
- Portrait
- Credit / creator
- Judith Sedwick, Miriam Matthews. Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Harvard University; Black Women Oral History Project. Via Wikimedia Commons.
- Source page
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miriam_Matthews_(13270529424).jpg
- Original file
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Miriam_Matthews_%2813270529424%29.jpg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/miriam-matthews.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- See credit
- Source size
- 3439 × 4340 px
Permission
No known restrictions (institutional statement)
Recorded statement: “No known copyright restrictions, as declared by Schlesinger Library through Flickr Commons. This is an institutional rights statement, not a Creative Commons license or an independently proven public-domain conclusion.”
License URL: https://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/
Upgraded portrait, checked 2026-11-08. Evidence: File page identifies Judith Sedwick and Schlesinger Library; source Flickr Commons declaration reviewed November 9, 2016. Existing Commons crop is about 3% on each axis.
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Oscar Micheaux
- Kind
- Portrait
- Credit / creator
- Portrait identified as Oscar Micheaux by the National Park Service; original photographer not specified.
- Source page
- https://home.nps.gov/people/oscar-micheaux.htm
- Original file
- https://home.nps.gov/common/uploads/cropped_image/primary/1CBCDAA8-B51B-1CF2-37A7D0768E050D38.jpg?format=webp&mode=crop&quality=90&width=600
- Local cache
/media/portraits/oscar-micheaux.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Rights unverified
Recorded statement: “Classroom review: rights not verified.”
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Mary Ellen Pleasant
- Kind
- Portrait
- Credit / creator
- Mary Ellen Pleasant; Wikimedia image via National Park Service
- Source page
- https://home.nps.gov/people/mary-ellen-pleasant.htm
- Original file
- https://home.nps.gov/common/uploads/cropped_image/primary/EBEB3009-D362-8E42-324E74BA2A833C66.gif?format=webp&mode=crop&quality=90&width=600
- Local cache
/media/portraits/mary-ellen-pleasant.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Rights unverified
Recorded statement: “Classroom review: rights not verified”
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Bayard Rustin
- Kind
- Portrait
- Credit / creator
- Bayard Rustin, about the 1950s; Human Rights Campaign, via National Park Service.
- Source page
- https://www.nps.gov/people/bayard-rustin.htm
- Original file
- https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/people/nri/20160323/people/69636D4D-1DD8-B71B-0B9B6AAF99F1BAF6/69636D4D-1DD8-B71B-0B9B6AAF99F1BAF6.jpg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/bayard-rustin.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Rights unverified
Recorded statement: “Classroom review: specific photograph rights not verified.”
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Augusta Savage
- Kind
- Portrait
- Title
- Andrew Herman, AAA 2371 / AAADCD_item_2371
- Credit / creator
- Andrew Herman, Augusta Savage with her sculpture Realization, circa 1938. Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, item 2371. U.S. public domain.
- Source page
- https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/augusta-savage-her-sculpture-realization-2371
- Original file
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Archives_of_American_Art_-_Augusta_Savage_-_2371.jpg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/augusta-savage.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- circa 1938
- Quality
- Highest-resolution authentic archival version retrieved in this bounded review; not a claim about every version available.
- Composition
- Artist on the right with Realization; the full photograph includes nonsexual artistic nudity in the sculpture. Preserve the artist-and-work context, or document any portrait crop.
- Display
- Full photograph shown: the artist (right) with her sculpture Realization.
- Source size
- 3275 × 4152 px
Permission
Source-declared public domain
Recorded statement: “U.S. public domain, according to the exact Archives of American Art item Use Note. The Commons copy identifies the Federal Art Project photograph and its WPA public-domain basis.”
Rights evidence: https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/augusta-savage-her-sculpture-realization-2371
Item evidence (checked 2026-11-08):
- Exact primary collection item: The record identifies Andrew Herman, circa 1938, item 2371, and U.S. public domain.
- Smithsonian primary metadata mirror: Use Note: U.S. public domain; citation names Andrew Herman and the Federal Art Project collection. Verso description and the image match the download.
- Full-resolution scan mirror: Exact AAA item 2371; 3275 by 4152 pixels; identifies WPA provenance.
Qualification: The Smithsonian mirror also displays generic Usage Conditions Apply boilerplate; the item-specific Use Note expressly says U.S. public domain. This finding concerns this photograph and does not establish rights for all photographs or sculptures by Savage.
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
- Kind
- Portrait
- Credit / creator
- From The New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division; portrait issued 1904.
- Source page
- https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/df395c90-9e1a-0134-15ad-00505686a51c
- Original file
- https://images.nypl.org/index.php?download=1&id=psnypl_scg_494&suffix=df395c90-9e1a-0134-15ad-00505686a51c.001&t=w
- Local cache
/media/portraits/arturo-alfonso-schomburg.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Source-declared public domain
Recorded statement: “NYPL identifies this image as public domain under United States law; status elsewhere not determined.”
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Robert Smalls
- Kind
- Portrait
- Title
- Photographer not specified in the consulted item record; Brady-Handy photograph collection, LOC 2017893186 / LC-DIG-cwpbh-03683
- Credit / creator
- Robert Smalls, between 1870 and 1880. Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-cwpbh-03683.
- Source page
- https://www.loc.gov/item/2017893186/
- Original file
- https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/cwpbh/03600/03683u.tif
- Local cache
/media/portraits/robert-smalls.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- between 1870 and 1880
- Quality
- Highest-resolution authentic archival version retrieved in this bounded review; not a claim about every version available.
- Composition
- Original negative scan includes border markings and historical imperfections. JPEG is a format conversion, without cropping or restoration.
- Source size
- 5658 × 7500 px
Permission
No known restrictions (institutional statement)
Recorded statement: “No known restrictions on publication, per the exact LOC item Rights Advisory. The same record also describes the Brady-Handy collection as public domain and available for reuse.”
Rights evidence: https://www.loc.gov/resource/cwpbh.03683/
Item evidence (checked 2026-11-08):
- Exact primary LOC record: Identifies Robert Smalls, date range, control number 2017893186, digital identifier cwpbh.03683, and Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. The collection Rights & Access paragraph states public domain.
- Identity comparison with current canonical image: The NPS biography credits the Library of Congress; visual comparison matches the exact LOC portrait.
Qualification: The LOC advisory is reproduced precisely; it is not converted into a blanket legal guarantee. No individual photographer is inferred from the collection name.
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Betty Reid Soskin
- Kind
- Portrait
- Title
- Betty Reid Soskin outside the Rosie the Riveter visitor center
- Credit / creator
- NPS photo / Luther Bailey.
- Source page
- https://www.nps.gov/rori/learn/historyculture/betty-reid-soskin.htm
- Original file
- https://www.nps.gov/rori/learn/historyculture/images/Betty-Reid-Soskin-At-VC_1.jpg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/betty-reid-soskin.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- See credit
- Quality
- Unresized source file retained; highest-resolution version obtained from the inspected source, not a claim that no larger archival master exists.
- Source size
- 2880 × 1920 px
Permission
Reuse supported by agency terms
Recorded statement: “Educational/editorial reuse supported as an NPS-created photograph: the exact image is credited NPS Photo, Luther Bailey, and NPS ownership terms place NPS-created material in the U.S. public domain unless otherwise indicated.”
Rights evidence: https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm
Item evidence (checked 2026-11-08):
- The primary biography’s exact visitor-center photograph caption identifies it as NPS Photo, Luther Bailey.
- The December 22, 2025 NPS news release reproduces the same visitor-center image with NPS Photo/Luther Bailey credit.
- No copyright symbol, non-NPS ownership credit or contrary restriction appears beside this specific photograph. Original 2880×1920 file downloaded without display-width parameters.
Qualification: This conclusion applies the agency ownership terms to the specifically NPS-credited work. There is no separate item-level license certificate; not every NPS-hosted photograph is public domain.
Scope: Educational biography profile use; not advertising, endorsement or merchandise.
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
William Grant Still
- Kind
- Portrait
- Credit / creator
- Carl Van Vechten, 1949; Library of Congress; restoration by Adam Cuerden
- Source page
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Grant_Still_by_Carl_Van_Vechten.jpg
- Original file
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/William_Grant_Still_by_Carl_Van_Vechten.jpg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/william-grant-still.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
- Display
- Shown complete and unfiltered, following the recorded estate request to retain the full image without cropping or colorizing.
Permission
No known restrictions (institutional statement)
Recorded statement: “No known copyright restrictions; retain full image, avoid colorizing/cropping, credit photographer per estate request”
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Valerie Thomas
- Kind
- Historical photograph
- Title
- Valerie Thomas with Landsat computer-compatible tapes, 1979
- Credit / creator
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, photograph 79-6530 (1979).
- Source page
- https://science.nasa.gov/missions/landsat/a-face-behind-landsat-images-meet-dr-valerie-l-thomas/
- Original file
- https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/missions/landsat/2019/02/ValerieThomas-LandsatImageProcessing.png
- Local cache
/media/portraits/valerie-thomas.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- See credit
- Quality
- Unresized source file retained; highest-resolution version obtained from the inspected source, not a claim that no larger archival master exists.
- Source size
- 1570 × 2120 px
Permission
Reuse supported by agency terms
Recorded statement: “Factual educational/editorial reuse supported by NASA’s image guidelines; the exact historical photograph is explicitly credited to NASA in its image article.”
Rights evidence: https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/
Item evidence (checked 2026-11-08):
- NASA’s February 10, 2020 image article identifies this 1979 tapes photograph and explicitly gives Image Credit: NASA.
- The original scan visibly identifies NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and photograph number 79-6530.
- No third-party creator, copyright notice or credit appears on the inspected item pages.
Qualification: Item-specific NASA authorship plus explicit NASA educational-use terms supports this profile use; no claim that every NASA-hosted photograph is federal.
Scope: Educational biography profile use; not advertising, endorsement or merchandise.
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Charles Henry Turner
- Kind
- Historical photograph
- Credit / creator
- University of Cincinnati; photograph of Charles Henry Turner, original photographer not identified on inspected page
- Source page
- https://www.artsci.uc.edu/news/profile-Turner-bhm.html
- Original file
- https://www.artsci.uc.edu/content/artsci/news/profile-Turner-bhm/_jcr_content/main/textimage/image.img.jpeg/1528901754918/charles-turner.jpeg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/charles-henry-turner.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Rights unverified
Recorded statement: “Classroom review: rights not verified.”
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
James Van Der Zee
- Kind
- Portrait
- Credit / creator
- James Van Der Zee, Self-portrait, 1918. Via BlackPast and Wikimedia Commons.
- Source page
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Van_Der_Zee.jpg
- Original file
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/James_Van_Der_Zee.jpg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/james-van-der-zee.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- See credit
- Source size
- 1024 × 1283 px
Permission
Source-declared public domain
Recorded statement: “Commons identifies this specific 1918 self-portrait as public domain in the United States (PD-US-expired / publication before 1931). This declaration applies to this image, not all Van Der Zee photographs.”
License URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Van_Der_Zee.jpg#Licensing
Upgraded portrait, checked 2026-11-08. Evidence: File-level public-domain declaration and photographer/date inspected. The file cites BlackPast. Earlier 1931 Met photograph remains copyrighted and is not cleared by this alternative.
Qualification: Public-domain status rests on the Wikimedia Commons declaration for this 1918 self-portrait; its first publication has not been independently verified. Verification records the explicit Commons item declaration; the upload record does not supply a separate historical first-publication citation.
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Dorothy Vaughan
- Kind
- Portrait
- Credit / creator
- NASA / NASA on The Commons
- Source page
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/34646435630/
- Original file
- https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dorothyjvaughan.jpg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/dorothy-vaughan.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Photograph date unspecified
- Quality
- Source original available; web copies resized without upscaling.
- Source size
- 985 × 1255 px
Permission
No known restrictions (institutional statement)
Recorded statement: “No known copyright restrictions, as stated by NASA on The Commons for this exact image. Credit NASA; this is an institutional rights statement, not a claim of proven public-domain status. Use in a factual educational biography without implied NASA endorsement.”
License URL: https://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/
Rights evidence: https://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/
Item evidence (checked 2026-11-08):
- NASA on The Commons item 34646435630 explicitly marks this photograph No known copyright restrictions. The Wikimedia original has SHA-1 a7ff64c362ce9068916da46d39e1999078791e98, matching the NASA download byte-for-byte. The Science Museum family-credited portrait was downloaded and visually compared; it is a different photograph of a younger Vaughan.
- Downloaded NASA original inspected; authentic portrait identified by the NASA page. This is not a film actor or generated portrait.
Complete supplied item evidence
- figure id
- dorothy-vaughan
- credit
- NASA / NASA on The Commons
- rights
- No known copyright restrictions, as stated by NASA on The Commons for this exact image. Credit NASA; this is an institutional rights statement, not a claim of proven public-domain status. Use in a factual educational biography without implied NASA endorsement.
- rights status
- verified
- rights category
- no-known-restrictions
- license url
- https://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/
- dimensions
- [985,1255]
- caption
- Dorothy Vaughan; photograph date unspecified by NASA.
- evidence
- NASA on The Commons item 34646435630 explicitly marks this photograph No known copyright restrictions. The Wikimedia original has SHA-1 a7ff64c362ce9068916da46d39e1999078791e98, matching the NASA download byte-for-byte. The Science Museum family-credited portrait was downloaded and visually compared; it is a different photograph of a younger Vaughan.
- context source
- https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/nasas-overlooked-star/
- visual review
- Downloaded NASA original inspected; authentic portrait identified by the NASA page. This is not a film actor or generated portrait.
- sha256
- e79171da5a49729948ce025b0d038fd12c78bc194d931681a302d87f5700d80b
- reviewed
- 2026-11-08
- evidence urls
- ["https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/34646435630/","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dorothy_Vaughan_2.jpg","https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/langley/dorothy-j-vaughan/"]
- sha1
- a7ff64c362ce9068916da46d39e1999078791e98
- review scope
- Verified the institution’s exact image-level rights statement and file identity; photographer and original photograph date remain unidentified.
- reuse basis
- Institutional no-known-restrictions statement plus NASA informational/educational-use guidelines.
- nasa media terms url
- https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/
- date caveat
- June 1, 2017 is the Flickr upload date, not the date the portrait was taken.
Qualification: June 1, 2017 is the Flickr upload date, not the date the portrait was taken. Verified the institution’s exact image-level rights statement and file identity; photographer and original photograph date remain unidentified.
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Dorothy Porter Wesley
- Kind
- Portrait
- Credit / creator
- Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service, June 2, 1970; LC-DIG-ds-10194. Crop via Wikimedia Commons.
- Source page
- https://www.loc.gov/item/2017646173/
- Original file
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Dorothy_Porter%2C_6-2-70_%28cropped%29.jpg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/dorothy-porter-wesley.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
No known restrictions (institutional statement)
Recorded statement: “Library of Congress: no known restrictions on publication. Commons marks the federal-government photograph public domain in the United States.”
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Gladys West
- Kind
- Historical photograph
- Title
- Gladys West at her Air Force Hall of Fame induction, December 6, 2018
- Credit / creator
- Adrian Cadiz / Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs, 181206-F-DT527-087 (2018).
- Source page
- https://www.spoc.spaceforce.mil/Multimedia/Photos/igphoto/2002069983
- Original file
- https://media.defense.gov/2018/Dec/06/2002069983/-1/-1/0/181206-F-DT527-087.JPG
- Local cache
/media/portraits/gladys-west.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- See credit
- Quality
- Unresized source file retained; highest-resolution version obtained from the inspected source, not a claim that no larger archival master exists.
- Source size
- 5568 × 3712 px
Permission
Source-declared public domain
Recorded statement: “Public domain in the United States, supported by the original photograph’s explicit Public Domain IPTC rights field and Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs creator/credit metadata. Historical educational reuse is supported; retain attribution and the agency non-endorsement notice.”
Rights evidence: https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright
Item evidence (checked 2026-11-08):
- Original JPEG IPTC ObjectName: 181206-F-DT527-087; By-line: Adrian Cadiz; By-line Title and Credit: Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs; Copyright Notice: Public Domain.
- The retained original SHA-1 exactly matches the Commons original file record: d2e55c5d5b812365adc7295fb4ba1bb9afc382b5.
- Commons links the same official agency source and states official-duty Air Force public-domain status; the original embedded rights field supplies item-level evidence independent of the Commons label.
Qualification: Item-level Public Domain metadata and federal creator identity resolve this photograph’s copyright basis; no inference that all military-hosted imagery is unrestricted. Official image-detail and media.defense.gov endpoints returned 403 during this check. The full-size original already acquired from the documented Commons mirror was inspected and copied unchanged; no claim of successful new direct agency download.
Scope: Educational biography profile use; not advertising, endorsement or merchandise.
Notice: The appearance of U.S. Department of War (DoW) visual information does not imply or constitute DoW endorsement.
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Paul Revere Williams
- Kind
- Portrait
- Credit / creator
- Paul R. Williams, 1951; Herald-Examiner Collection/Los Angeles Public Library
- Source page
- https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/architect-biographies/paul-r-williams/
- Original file
- https://www.laconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Paul-Williams_00031746_LAPL_web.jpg
- Local cache
/media/portraits/paul-r-williams.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Rights unverified
Recorded statement: “Classroom review: rights not verified”
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Granville T. Woods
- Kind
- Historical portrait
- Credit / creator
- National Inventors Hall of Fame portrait; original creator not identified on inspected page
- Source page
- https://www.invent.org/inductees/granville-woods
- Original file
- https://www.invent.org/sites/default/files/styles/inductee_media/public/inductees/311-master_0.jpg?h=754009f3
- Local cache
/media/portraits/granville-woods.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Rights unverified
Recorded statement: “Classroom review: rights not verified.”
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Carter G. Woodson
- Kind
- Portrait
- Credit / creator
- Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution; via National Park Service.
- Source page
- https://home.nps.gov/people/carter-g-woodson.htm
- Original file
- https://home.nps.gov/common/uploads/cropped_image/primary/2DB8908D-F13D-66B2-D73D659FDCB56663.jpg?format=webp&mode=crop&quality=90&width=600
- Local cache
/media/portraits/carter-g-woodson.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Rights unverified
Recorded statement: “Classroom review: specific image rights not verified.”
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Provenance
Charles Young
- Kind
- Portrait
- Credit / creator
- National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, Ohio; Charles Young, 1916
- Source page
- https://home.nps.gov/seki/learn/historyculture/young.htm
- Original file
- https://home.nps.gov/seki/learn/historyculture/images/Chas_Young-full_dress-uniform-before_receiving_Springarn_Medal_1916-NationalAfro-AmericanMuseumandculturalCenter.jpg?autorotate=false&maxwidth=650
- Local cache
/media/portraits/charles-young.jpg+ responsive WebP copies (resized; original stays at source)- Original date
- Not recorded in this edition
Permission
Rights unverified
Recorded statement: “Classroom review: rights not verified”
Reviewed 2026-11-08. Category summarizes the source statement; not a legal determination.
Contextual media register
13 of 13 reuse-supported contextual items. Local copies are optimized WebP derivatives; the original-quality file stays at its source.
Provenance
Sequoia Road Crew, 1903
Date: 1903 · Creator: Photographer unidentified; National Park Service repository
Figure: Charles Young
Source size: 1500 × 1210 px
Permission
Public domain
Item Constraints Information states Public domain:Full Granting Rights.
Editorial: Historical group photograph; supports cooperative infrastructure work. NPS item location is administrative repository, not the photographed location.
Provenance
Looking up into the heavens
Date: 2019-11-11 · Creator: NPS/Tom Engberg
Figure: Charles Young
Source size: 6000 × 4000 px
Permission
Public domain
Item explicitly credits NPS/Tom Engberg and states Public domain:Full Granting Rights.
Editorial: Modern landscape context, not a 1903 photograph and not the Charles Young Tree. Caption must preserve this distinction.
Provenance
California Eagle front page, April 8, 1916
Date: 1916-04-08 · Creator: California Eagle
Figure: Charlotta Bass
Source size: 5342 × 6575 px
Permission
Public domain in the United States
Commons PD-US statement; newspaper first published in 1916. File source is the digitized issue in the California Eagle Internet Archive microfilm collection.
Editorial: An authentic issue, not a reconstruction. Historic language and advertisements require educator preview. Black newspaper ownership and community campaigning are stronger context than treating this front page as Bass’s sole authored work.
- Educator-context image hidden
Provenance
The Death of Cleopatra
Date: Sculpture carved 1876; photograph 2010 · Creator: Edmonia Lewis, sculptor; Gene Young, photographer; Smithsonian American Art Museum
Figure: Edmonia Lewis
Source size: 2250 × 3000 px
Permission
CC0 1.0
Commons reproduces Smithsonian Open Access file and CC0 license; Smithsonian collection record saam_1994.17 independently lists Restrictions & Rights: CC0.
Editorial: Artwork depicts death and includes partial artistic nudity; suitable for an educator-facing article, with educator preview before use in K–2. No sensational account of suicide in child-facing text.
Educator-context only: This classical sculpture depicts a death scene and partial nudity. Educator preview recommended before use with children.
Provenance
Crowd at the Washington Monument during the March on Washington
Date: 1963-08-28 · Creator: David L. Harris; Library of Congress
Figure: Bayard Rustin
Source size: 4994 × 3399 px
Permission
No known restrictions on publication
Library of Congress item Rights Advisory explicitly says No known restrictions on publication; this is a repository advisory, not a warranty or an explicit CC license.
Editorial: Event context for Bayard Rustin’s organizing role; do not identify Rustin as a person in this crowd without evidence. Original TIFF preserved; website derivative may be generated without retouching.
Provenance
Home of Mary Ellen Pleasant and Thomas Bell’s family
Date: 1892-10-17 · Creator: Unidentified newspaper illustrator
Figure: Mary Ellen Pleasant
Source size: 650 × 710 px
Permission
Public domain
Commons identifies an 1892 newspaper illustration and marks the work public domain / Public Domain Mark.
Editorial: Supplemental medium-resolution image: display at modest width; not a full-width hero. Historical depiction rather than a current photograph. Do not infer legal ownership from the caption.
Provenance
Robert Smalls and the gun-boat Planter
Date: 1862-06-14 · Creator: Unidentified wood engraver; Harper’s Weekly; Library of Congress reproduction
Figure: Robert Smalls
Source size: 4096 × 3287 px
Permission
Public domain
Published in 1862; Commons PD-old-100-expired and Library of Congress No known restrictions on publication advisory.
Editorial: Historical wood engraving, not a photograph of the escape. The source file is the higher-resolution Library of Congress scan as supplied by Commons.
Provenance
Old Arrow Maker
Date: Modeled 1866, carved 1872; photograph 2004 · Creator: Edmonia Lewis, sculptor; Lea Christiano, photographer; Smithsonian American Art Museum
Figure: Edmonia Lewis
Source size: 2122 × 2829 px
Permission
CC0 1.0
Smithsonian Open Access image linked by Commons with CC0 dedication; no need to rely on a generic museum copyright assumption.
Editorial: Inspired by Longfellow’s poem, not a documentary representation of all Indigenous lives. Discuss Lewis’s artistic choices and distinguish romanticized literature from lived Indigenous cultures.
- Educator-context image hidden
Provenance
The Symbol of the Unconquered newspaper advertisement
Date: 1920-12-11 · Creator: Advertisement for Oscar Micheaux’s film; publisher’s typesetting unattributed
Figure: Oscar Micheaux
Source size: 3840 × 1012 px
Permission
Public domain in the United States
Commons PD-US designation and documented 1920 newspaper publication; source links the original newspaper issue.
Editorial: A contemporary promotional artifact, not a modern poster or reconstructed title. Historic marketing language requires educator preview. Use as evidence of filmmaking and distribution, not as an uncritical endorsement of its phrasing. Download uses the official 3840-pixel derivative because the original download was rate-limited; original URL retained. Contains historical racial labels and an adjacent advertisement using a racist caricature name; reserve this unaltered primary source for educator-led analysis, not a K–2 hero image.
Educator-context only: This historical newspaper page includes an adjacent advertisement with racist caricature. Shown for educator examination only.
Provenance
Latimer’s carbon-manufacturing patent drawing
Date: 1882-01-17 · Creator: Lewis H. Latimer; United States Patent Office publication
Credit: Lewis H. Latimer, U.S. Patent 252,386 (1882); scan via Google Patents.
Figure: Lewis Latimer
Source size: 1090 × 1600 px
Permission
Public domain in the United States: published in 1882.
Original 1882 patent publication. USPTO states patent text and drawings are typically unrestricted, subject to exceptions. No copyright notice found in inspected drawing or extracted text.
Editorial: Shows a manufacturing process, not the invention of the light bulb. PNG is a faithful render of PDF page 1; no historical content changed.
Provenance
A vehicle temperature-control design
Date: 1942-12-01 · Creator: Joseph A. Numero and Frederick M. Jones; United States Patent Office publication
Credit: Joseph A. Numero and Frederick M. Jones, U.S. Patent 2,303,857 (1942); scan via Google Patents.
Figure: Frederick McKinley Jones
Source size: 1090 × 1600 px
Permission
Patent drawing: reuse supported by USPTO patent-information guidance; no copyright notice found.
USPTO states patent text and drawings are typically unrestricted, with limited exceptions. Inspected page and extracted text of the full 17-page patent contain no copyright notice. No blanket claim that all patent content is public domain.
Editorial: Always credit both inventors. This is the 1942 joint patent, not Jones’s first refrigeration patent or an invention of all refrigeration. PNG is PDF page 1.
Provenance
Gladys West’s own satellite-data report
Date: 1986-06 · Creator: Gladys B. West, Naval Surface Weapons Center
Credit: Gladys B. West / Naval Surface Weapons Center, NSWC TR 86-149 (1986); scan via Wikimedia Commons.
Figure: Gladys West
Source size: 500 × 644 px
Permission
Public domain in the United States: work of the federal government.
Commons identifies the report as a federal employee’s official work under 17 USC 105. Title page confirms author, federal institution, June 1986, and approval for public release.
Editorial: The authentic title page is PDF page 3; the first two pages are microfiche/calibration material. This is a 500-pixel web preview, suitable for a small contextual card. It is evidence of West’s research, not a patent for inventing GPS alone.
Provenance
How early Landsat data reached people
Date: Undated historical diagram; NASA gallery updated 2025 · Creator: NASA
Credit: NASA, Earth Resources Technology Satellite communications diagram.
Figure: Valerie Thomas
Source size: 1920 × 1080 px
Permission
NASA educational/informational reuse supported; federal NASA image with no third-party credit.
Item credits NASA. NASA media guidance permits factual educational and informational use with acknowledgment and without implied endorsement; no third-party rights notice shown on item.
Editorial: Program context, not a drawing claimed to be made by Thomas. Her role is independently supported by NASA’s interview. Preserve diagram aspect ratio and offer enlargement; do not claim this diagram or entire Landsat system as her sole invention.
Partner logos
Exact approved files supplied by the partners; displayed unmodified with preserved proportions.
Black Muze Global Network
1024×358 PNG · verified 2026-11-08 · used with partner approval
Gold full horizontal mark; use against black/dark background. Keep clear space at least the GLOBAL NETWORK text height.
Obsidian Solutions
1024×1024 PNG · verified 2026-11-08 · used with partner approval
Full stacked mark including SOLUTIONS; use on dark quiet background, with clear space at least 15% of logo width. Preserve all elements and purple glow.
Pedagogy Muse
1024×430 PNG · verified 2026-11-08 · used with partner approval
Character and open book with green PEDAGOGY/red MUSE text. Prefer white or very light background for readable brand name. Keep character and book together, preserve colors and aspect ratio.
Data sources
- U.S. Census Bureau — 2026 National Places Gazetteer
Representative point of a modern Census place; not historical address or necessarily geometric centroid. Documentation - U.S. Census Bureau — 2026 National Counties Gazetteer
Representative point of a county; coarser accuracy than city-level data. Documentation - GeoNames — United States and Puerto Rico postal-code data · CC BY 4.0
Estimated WGS84 postal locality coordinates; GeoNames accuracy flags retained; not USPS-certified ZIP boundaries. Postal-code coordinates: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Modified into a ZIP lookup table. Documentation - U.S. Census Bureau — 2026 National County Subdivisions Gazetteer
Representative point of a modern township; used for Montclair, New Jersey. Documentation - GeoNames — San Francisco populated-city point (5391959) · CC BY 4.0
Populated-city point, replacing the Census representative point for San Francisco municipal territory including offshore islands. San Francisco city coordinate: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Documentation - OpenStreetMap map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).