DescriptionWolfe-Over-My-Dead-Body.jpg	English: Lead illustration from The American Magazine abridged printing of Over My Dead Body (1940), a Nero Wolfe novel by Rex Stout
Date	September 1939
Source	Self scan from The American Magazine for September 1939 (p. 57)
Author	Crowell Publishing Company, illustration by Carl Mueller
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September 1939 issue of The American Magazine was copyrighted in 1939 by Crowell Publishing (page 264) but not renewed:

• July–December 1967

No renewal for Mueller:

• January–December 1968

Background
"Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly began publishing in 1876. In 1904, it was renamed Leslie's Monthly Magazine, and then Leslie's Magazine in 1905. Later that year (in the middle of volume 60), it was renamed the American Illustrated Magazine, shortening to the American Magazine in 1906. It kept continuous volume numbering throughout its history. The magazine ceased publication in 1956. While no copyright renewals are known for the issues, a number of stories that appeared in the magazine had their copyrights renewed."