Images & licensing
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Chapters & decades
Chapter I · Where She Came From
Photo of Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton. There are no copyright marks on the item, which can be seen at the link. United States Copyright Office page 2 "Visually Perceptible Copies The notice for vis
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- Moeller Talent, Inc. Nashville (management)
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- Public domain
Chapter II · The Songs That Moved the World
Publicity shot of American singer Dolly Parton, 1977
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- RCA Records
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- Public domain
Chapter III · Building Something That Lasts
Dolly Parton accepting Liseberg Applause Award 2010
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- Curtis Hilbun
- License
- CC BY 3.0
Chapter IV · Giving Back
The "Coat of Many Colors" on display at Dolly Parton's Chasing Rainbows museum at Dollywood. The coat on display is a reproduction, made by Parton's mother, Avie Lee, of the original. Also displayed a
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- Benjichilders
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
Chapter V · Standing With Everyone
Dolly Parton from Meet the 82nd Annual Peabody Awards Presenters, uploaded to Vimeo by Peabody Awards under CC-BY-SA-3.0 Unported license on May 31, 2022.
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- Peabody Awards
- License
- CC BY-SA 3.0
1950s
Larry Mathis, Dolly Parton, Bud Brewster - The Pick'n Grin Bluegrass Band
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- PRINCESS THEATER - Raising the Curtain
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- CC BY 2.0
1960s
Photo of Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton. There are no copyright marks on the item, which can be seen at the link. United States Copyright Office page 2 "Visually Perceptible Copies The notice for vis
- Author
- Moeller Talent, Inc. Nashville (management)
- License
- Public domain
1970s
Publicity shot of American singer Dolly Parton, 1977
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- RCA Records
- License
- Public domain
1980s
La actriz Carol Burnett abrazando a la cantante Dolly Parton en una imagen publicitaria de 1980.
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- Unknown authorUnknown author
- License
- Public domain
1990s
1995-2000 Wash DC Nat. Press Club
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- John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com
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- CC BY-SA 4.0
2000s
From Kennedy Center Wash. D.C. October 26,2003
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- John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA
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- CC BY-SA 2.0
2010s
Dolly Parton accepting Liseberg Applause Award 2010
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- Curtis Hilbun
- License
- CC BY 3.0
2020s
Dolly Parton from Meet the 82nd Annual Peabody Awards Presenters, uploaded to Vimeo by Peabody Awards under CC-BY-SA-3.0 Unported license on May 31, 2022.
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- Peabody Awards
- License
- CC BY-SA 3.0
Moments
Each of the 35 stories has its own photograph. A few reuse a chapter or era portrait when that image is the best licensed match.
First Song at Age Seven
Advertisement for Dolly Parton's single, "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby". 4 September 1965.
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- Monument
- License
- Public domain
Coat of Many Colors
Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors coat displayed in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Author
- Corkythehornetfan
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
Jolene & I Will Always Love You — Same Day
"Jolene" by Dolly Parton. One of side-A labels of the original US single release (cat #APB0-0145)
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- RCA Records
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- Public domain
I Will Always Love You
A-side label of "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton; 1974 US vinyl release
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- RCA Records
- License
- Public domain
Nine to Five — The Film
Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin & Jane Fonda at Wash D.C. Kennedy center 2000
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- John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA
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- CC BY-SA 2.0
Just Because I'm a Woman
Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton, 1971
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- RCA Victor
- License
- Public domain
Dollywood Opens
Dolly Parton en en:w:Dollywood, 2014.
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- Kris Harris King
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- CC BY-SA 3.0
The Dollywood Foundation
Dolly Parton accepts Woodrow Wilson Award
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- E-dolly.jpg
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- Union20 at English Wikipedia
- License
- Public domain
200 Million Books
From National press club March 23, 2000 Wash. D.C. Wash. D.C.
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- Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA
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- CC BY-SA 2.0
Gatlinburg Wildfire Relief
Dolly Parton, vestida con ropa de bombero, en Dollywood, presentando nuevas atracciones. Tiene un micrófono en sus manos.
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- Kris Harris King
- License
- CC BY-SA 3.0
$1 Million for COVID Research
Dolly Parton in a pot for T-Mobile in 2022
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- chameleon post
- License
- CC BY 3.0
Black Lives Matter
Dolly Parton in the music video Peace like a River
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- KIND MUSIC GROUP
- License
- CC BY 3.0
Whitney Houston Royalties → Nashville
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld joins country music legend Dolly Parton on stage at the Grand Ole Opry during a live broadcast in Nashville, Tenn., on April 23, 2005.
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- DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Cherie A. Thurlby, U.S. Air Force. (Released)
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- Public domain
LGBTQ+ Allyship
Dolly Parton at 'Blue Smoke World Tour' in Knoxville on May 28, 2014
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- Kristopher Harris
- License
- CC BY 2.0
"Cannot Help Being Trans"
Dolly Parton in Köln in der Lanxess-Arena am 5. Juli 2014
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- Josef Just
- License
- CC BY-SA 3.0
Songwriters Hall of Fame
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 3: In this handout provided by The White House, President George W. Bush (C) and Mrs. Laura Bush (3rd-R) stand with the Kennedy Center honorees (L-R) singer and songwriter Smokey Robinson, musical theater composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, country singer Dolly Parton, film director Steven Spielberg, and conductor Zubin Mehta in the Blue Room of the White House during a recept
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- Eric Draper
- License
- Public domain
Dolly Parton Day
Country star Dolly Parton sings on stage during a Grand Ole Opry live broadcast in Nashville, Tenn., April 23 as U.S. soldiers watch the show via a video feed in Iraq.
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- Foto de Tech. Sgt. Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF
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- Public domain
Pour Myself a Cup of Ambition
Dolly Parton at a recording session about 1989, wearing large square red earrings
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- Eagledj
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
Do It On Purpose
Quote by Dolly Parton (Grammy Museum) July 2022
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- Benoît Prieur
- License
- CC0
Storms Make Trees Take Deeper Roots
Dolly Parton at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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- United States Congress
- License
- Public domain
If You Don't Dream, You Can't Dream
From National press club March 23, 2000 Wash. D.C.
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- Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA
- License
- CC BY-SA 2.0
Everybody Should Be Treated With Respect
Alyvia Alyn Lind, Stephen Herek and Dolly Parton at the Universal Hilton Hotel 24th Annual Movieguide® Awards
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- Movieguide®
- License
- CC BY-SA 2.0
Dolly! — A Diverse Variety Show
La actriz Carol Burnett abrazando a la cantante Dolly Parton en una imagen publicitaria de 1980.
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- Unknown authorUnknown author
- License
- Public domain
Welcoming Beyoncé to Country
Dolly Parton Experience at Dollywood
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- APK
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Funding an AIDS Documentary
2012.07 AIDS Quilt at the National Building Museum
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- Ted Eytan
- License
- CC BY-SA 2.0
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