File:Man Lights Cigarette in Daylight - Black Tuesday 1939.jpg

Olive Street in St. Louis, Missouri during the daylight hours of Nov. 28, 1939. A man's lighter flame glows in the Black Tuesday smog. Streetlights were needed during the daytime to illuminate the smoky streets.

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1939 St. Louis smog

No

Yes

This photo conveys the effects and extent of coal smoke pollution in St. Louis prior to the subsequent prohibition of 'soft coal' in 1940. Use of this copyrighted image is covered under U.S. fair use laws because:

1. This image is a photographic depiction of the historical event described in the article;
2. It was made public by the copyright holder on its website http://www.stltoday.com/ ;
3. The dimension and resolution are not suitable for commercial reproduction or similar copyright violations;
4. Inclusion of this image in the article does not compete for the copyright holder's use;
5. The image provides supplemental visual evidence of an event otherwise difficult to faithfully describe in academic writing;
6. The event recorded in the photograph led to significant changes to environmental regulations in St. Louis;
7. The image documents an historical event that was caused by industrial practices no longer in use and is therefore not replaceable;

No