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it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days),
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it was in the public domain in its home country on the URAA date (January 1, 1996 for most countries).
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Note that per Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Latvia, the copyright for a 1928 published anonymous image lasted for 50 years, so would have been public domain in 1996.
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Passport photo of Latvian artist and writer Hilda Vīka.