Per the Rosie the Riveter Memorial (http://www.rosietheriveter.org/faq.htm) regarding the image. Given that its a commissioned work by the United States War Production Commission, I'd say that its likely to be in the public domain. I wouldn't worry about it.

4. Is the Rosie the Riveter image copyrighted?

The image that has become most widely known was commissioned by the United States War Production Commission - Co-coordinating Committee for use on a recruiting poster in 1943. It was intended to be displayed for only two weeks, February 15 through February 28. The artist was J. Howard Miller. It is widely held that this image is in the public domain, but we are aware of no official documentation to that effect. There are less well-known images, including a painting by Norman Rockwell entitled "Rosie the Riveter," that remain under copyright.

 

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From: Code for Libraries on behalf of Edward Corrado
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Polls open for Code4Lib 2007 T-Shirt design



I have no idea of the legal status of the photo, I believe the length of
time for copyright in the USA is 75 years (unless your Disney, then it
is for ever), thus it still may be covered on this side of the pond. I
think we need to clarify this before printing up a bunch of shirts with
this photo.

Edward - who doubts anyone will be chasing after code4lib but still, we
should do things "the right way"

Rob Styles said the following on 1/29/2007 4:54 AM:
> The photo is an original WWII photo from 1944, it's outside of the 50
> years covered by copyright here in the UK in is in use by several
> different organisations. I believe we don't need any clearance.
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>> design is leading in the polls, but do we have (or can we obtain) the
>> right
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