Federal Art Project (FAP) Prints

Rights and Restrictions Information

Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 20540-4730

Publication and other forms of distribution: There are no known restrictions on prints made under the auspices of the Federal Art Project in the 1930s. The prints were made by artists working with the Federal Art Project of the WPA (Works Progress Administration, later Work Projects Administration), a "New Deal" program of the U.S. Government. Artists working with the project used government-supplied equipment and received government pay.

Access: Subject to P&P policy on serving originals.

Reproduction (photocopying, hand-held camera copying, photoduplication, digital downloads and other forms of copying allowed by "fair use"): Subject to P&P policy on copying, which prohibits photocopying of original prints.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [Reproduction number e.g., LC-USZ62-123456].

For more information, please read: Copyright and Other Restrictions That Apply to Publication/Distribution of Images: Assessing the Risk of Using a P&P Image

Prepared by: Prints and Photographs Division staff. Prepared date: January 2021.