The photo has no copyright markings on it as can be seen in the links above. From 1950 to 1952, the Burns and Allen television show aired only every other week because there was only one sponsor for it--the Carnation Company. When BF Goodrich (as seen on back of photo) also became a sponsor of the show, the show was expanded to a weekly telecast, with Carnation sponsoring the program one week and Goodrich the next. The sponsors alternated weeks.
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