Snapshots of the Past Wall Art Print L sku-13421816793

Snapshots of the Past Wall Art in Black, size L (sku-13421816793; UPC 469472481753), reproduces perspective views of the Harbour Square apartment houses at 4th Street and N Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. The historic print measures 18 x 24 inches. Its image comes from the Library of Congress archives and is printed with archival paper and pigmented inks.

Snapshots of the Past was founded in 2001 and was the first company to offer Library of Congress images as 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.

In 1989, the Library of Congress began the American Memory pilot project, which laid the foundation for the National Digital Library Program launched in 1995 to digitize selected collections about American cultural heritage.