[PRCo] Re: 1947 ERA HEADLIGHTS

[Fred Schneider]

In the 1970s we said it was copyrighted, but no one ever filed the applications
with the Library of Congress.
That Pittsburgh issue of Electric Railroads has been reprinted and is for sale
at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum.

Harold Geissenheimer wrote:

> Greetings
>
> ERA Headlights was not copyrighted then.  I was the Editor!
>
> Go ahead and make a copy.  If Ed cant find one, I will
> check in a week or so when I goto ERA Hq
>
> ART Ellis may have a copy also.
>
> Harold Geissenheimer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Edward H. Lybarger" <twg at pulsenet.com>
> Sent: Jan 13, 2004 7:50 AM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: 1947 ERA HEADLIGHTS
>
> Copyrights in that era were good for 28 years and could be (formally)
> renewed for an additional 28.  I doubt that the renewal occurred, but even
> if it did, it's more than 56 years later.  I will try to find a copy of this
> later today.
>
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Mark
> McGuire
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 12:05 AM
> To: Pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] 1947 ERA HEADLIGHTS
>
>   Hello all!
>
>   I was recently looking at the back cover of the July, 1952 ELECTRIC
> RAILROADS(PGH interurbans).and I noticed that on the bottom right it
> states that the July, 1947 issue of ERA HEADLIGHTS has a track map
> of the interurban division of PRCo. I have a nice collection of these
> but mine only go back to Jan., 1948.(dog-gone it!). How would I go
> about obtaining a copy of this track map? Would this be legal or a
> copyright infringement? I sure would love to see that track map if it's
> worth looking at. Thanks in advance!
>
>                         Mark Mc