Maine Historic Preservation Commission Photographic Collection Database
Terms and Conditions of Copyright/Use Policy

Copyright:  The copyright and related rights status of the items in this collection have not been evaluated. While many of these images may be in the public domain, it is up to you to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in this collection. You are free to use an item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. 

The legal doctrine of Fair Use permits the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances, generally for criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. For more information on Fair Use please see the U. S. Copyright Office webpage at https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/more-info.html .

Permissions:  As a publicly supported institution, the Maine Historic Preservation Commission generally does not own rights to material in its collections.  Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for the use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. 

High resolution digital files of the images in this collection may be obtained by sending a request to the Maine Historic Preservation Commission via the following e-mail address: photorequest.mhpc@maine.gov.  You must provide the complete catalog number of the image and specify whether you wish to receive it as a jpg or tiff file.  Response time will be dictated by the availability of staff time and the number of images requested.  No changes will be made by staff to the original digital files to accommodate a particular user’s needs.

All image reproductions shall be sourced as “Courtesy of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Augusta, Maine”.

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