The photo is published in multiple newspapers before March 1, 1989 without a copyright notice for the photo itself nor for the newspaper as a whole, and without registration within 5 years:
There is only one copyright registration in 1984 that may be related to The Sentinel, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. However, that registration was for a work published on March 3. Moreover, it is unlikely that the registration is referring to The Sentinel newspaper in question.
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