Snapshots of the Past Black Wall Art L sku-5232728035

Snapshots of the Past Wall Art, sku-5232728035, is a Black framed print in size L. It depicts a 16 room school building for the Vedado, National University, Cuba, and measures 17-7/8" x 21-7/8". UPC: 463206410828. The print is a reproduction of an image from the Library of Congress archives, made with archival paper and pigmented inks.

Founded in 2001, Snapshots of the Past says it was the first company to offer Library of Congress images as museum-quality fine-art reproduction prints. Its buyers include over 200 bookstores and other retailers, along with tens of thousands of internet customers. The company was selected as a vendor for the White House redecoration project of 2008.

Lithography was invented in 1796, allowing inexpensive mass production of prints. A 1989 Library of Congress pilot project called American Memory laid the foundation for the National Digital Library Program, which began in 1995 and digitizes selected collections about American cultural heritage.