Work Projects Administration Posters

Rights and Restrictions Information

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

There are no known restrictions on posters made by the Work Projects Administration.

Access: Permitted; subject to P&P policy on serving originals, which requires the use of digital images in lieu of the original posters.

Reproduction (photocopying, hand-held camera copying, photoduplication and other forms of copying allowed by "fair use"): Permitted, subject to P&P policy on copying, which prohibits xeroxing of the original posters.

Publication and other forms of distribution: Posters in this collection were made by artists working for the Works Projects Administration, a "New Deal" program of the U.S. Government. There are no known restrictions on the use of these posters.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, WPA Poster Collection, [reproduction number, e.g., [LC-USZC2-1234]

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Prepared by: Prints and Photographs Division staff. Last revised: July 10, 2000.