Trading card photo of Little Richard In 1957, Topps gum cards issued a series of movie stars, television stars and recording stars. He was part of their recording stars cards.
A search was conducted at copyright.gov using the company's name, Topps. The search revealed no renewals of any of the company's cards-only registrations of their more current sports ones. There is no evidence the company continues to claim on this material.
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