Image: Magnus-Fossum-Index-of-American-Design-1940

Description: Photograph of WPA artist Magnus S. Fossum at work on Boston Town Coverlet for the Federal Art Project's Index of American Design Photograph appears in the online exhibit adapted from A New Deal for the Arts, an exhibit that was on display from March 28, 1997 – January 11, 1998, in the Rotunda of the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. Caption reads as follows: Magnus Fossum, a WPA artist, copying the 1770 coverlet "Boston Town Pattern" for the Index of American Design. Coral Gables, Florida, February 1940
Title: Magnus-Fossum-Index-of-American-Design-1940
Credit: National Archives and Records Administraton
Author: Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project; photographer unknown
Permission: This image is a work of a Works Progress Administration employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain (17 U.S.C. §§ 101 and 105).
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No