ads in pulp fuction magazines

We hope to reproduce some ads from some "pulp fiction" magazines. The magazines themselves are either public domain (i.e. copyrighted before 1923 if copyrighted at all) or fair use (whether or not the pulp fiction magazines of the 1920's were copyrighted, the publishers, in any case, no longer exist). If copyright is controlled by the ad supplier and not the magazine, we still would not need to seek permission because there are no copyright notices printed on the ads themselves, so under the 1909 copyright act (as I understand it), the ads are then public domain. Is this correct?

I welcome any help on this one.

Sincerely,
Tamika Hughes

Tamika L. Hughes
Rights and Permissions,
Assistant to the Director
Temple University Press
hughes[_at_]mail.is.temple.edu
(215) 204-5707
fax: (215) 204-4719 Received on Wed Aug 25 1999 - 14:48:14 GMT