PD-CANADA. The person shown on the photograph died in 1920, so any picture of him was created before then and entered the public domain in Canada 50 years after the creation of the photograph. Also in the public domain in the U.S. because it was already in the public domain in Canada on the URAA date in 1996.
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2004-12-22 20:06 SimonP 200×280× (7258 bytes) Photo of [[Adolphe Basile Routhier]], he died in 1920 so any picture of him is in in the public domain. From http://www.histoirequebec.qc.ca/publicat/vol3num1/v3n1_5ad.htm
22 December 2004 (original upload date) Original uploader was SimonP at en.wikipedia
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