I don't know the cut off date, but it is true that photos earlier than certain date (80 years old? 100? I'm not certain) lose their copyrights and you can copy them as you wish. You just need to find out how old they need to be. But the guy might have been right, as yours is older than 80 years.
I'm not 100% certain, but believe the cut off is 75 years. I know it was a few years ago, but am not 100% certain it's the same today.
Last edited by drc; 08-17-2011 at 12:09 PM.
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