Snapshots of the Past Nicolai Wall Art L sku-5284672815

Snapshots of the Past Wall Art, size L, in Black: a framed reproduction print of Nicolai Bridge in St. Petersburg, Russia, measuring 17-7/8" x 21-7/8". Product SKU: sku-5284672815; UPC: 461623672942. The company restores images from the Library of Congress archives and makes reproduction prints with archival paper and pigmented inks.

Founded in 2001, 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 online customers. It was selected as a vendor for the White House redecoration project of 2008.

Lithography was invented in 1796; the Library of Congress began its American Memory pilot project in 1989, laying the groundwork for the National Digital Library Program, which began in 1995. That program digitizes selected collections concerning American cultural history.