`  OK - just a bit harder than I thought! at http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000434.pdf the black and white version is marked NPS where the photographer's name goes - so it was taken by a National Park Service employee. Therefore in the Public Domain.  Also there appears to be a real ``National Historic Landmarks collection`` - but where, I don't know!  As far as the 2009 discussion - I still think that it is wrong that the NPS doesn't declare these to be public domain - all they'd have to do to be 100% sure is to add it as a requirement to the nomination form.  The NPS is allowed (by the submission form) to use the photos for anything THEY want to use them for, including giving them out to anybody who asks.  I've talked to folks about submitting photos here and they say ``You can use the ones I gave to the government`` - they obviously think they were giving up all rights.  But you ask the govt - and they just don't want to say.  Our copyright paranoia still amazes me, but this isn't the worst case (by far).  It's good to be careful about copyrights, but ...    `