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[designfriendly]

Is it legal to reproduce an image or page from a vintage scan of a book from the late 1800s - early 1900s as print on a stationery item for sale? If there may be instances where this is legally allowed, how would one go about determining this is indeed the case? Is the individual who scanned the book due any rights if the original publisher is defunct? Is there any body of knowledge where one can reference this topic?

Thanks!

[MYK]

Here's a chart.
http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm

For the most part, anything before 1908 is in the public domain, and with a few exceptions most things from before 1923.