File:Maytag repairman.jpg
Maytag_repairman.jpg (318 × 313 pixels, file size: 13 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Gordon Jump as the Maytag repairman.
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- The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the Maytag Repairman, a significant advertising mascot for Maytag that is discussed at length within the article.
- The image is used to provide irreplaceable visual information in the context of an informative article about the company that used this advertising character.
- It is a low resolution image cropped from an advertisement for Maytag.
- The Maytag Repairman is a copyrighted, fictional character; Gordon Jump, the depicting actor, is furthermore deceased. It is accordingly impossible to replace the image with an uncopyrighted or freely licensed image.
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| current | 05:25, 21 July 2017 | | 318 × 313 (13 KB) | DatBot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) |
| 10:47, 23 November 2016 | No thumbnail | 450 × 444 (21 KB) | Psychonaut (talk | contribs) | Colour, uncropped version of same photo, from http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20070703&t=2&i=1046496 (credited to "REUTERS/Maytag/Handout") | |
| 19:49, 8 July 2005 | No thumbnail | 275 × 323 (10 KB) | Postdlf (talk | contribs) | Gordon Jump as the Maytag repairman. {{promotional}} |
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