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Why didn't you just look at the metadata? It appears this photo was taken in the year "© All Rights Reserved"
Big "It appears you have internet network connectivity problems" energy
I felt that copyrighting it in the year nothing might have been a typo.
Also, there's absolutely no question that it's public domain.
AfaIk, this depends on whether we know the photographer. If the author of a work is unknown, it is deemed to be orphaned. In some countries, this may lead to problems when using the work.
Which country would not recognize a 19th century photo as public domain? Because the Berne Convention, which most countries are signatories to, would absolutely make it public domain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention
I didn't know the information of that section. As it's very very unlikely that the author of a 19th century photo is dead for less than 50 years, the uncertainty of someone claiming the copyright is close to zero.
A good year for art it was.