Snapshots of the Past Wall Art L | sku-13258519805

This Snapshots of the Past Wall Art print, sku-13258519805, is Black, size L, with UPC 464374878892. The 16" x 20" image shows the Curtiss machine used for his flight from Albany to New York on May 29, 1910. The pictured hydrosurface was removed and floats substituted for the flight.

Snapshots of the Past makes reproductions of historical maps, photos and prints restored from Library of Congress archives, using archival paper and pigmented inks intended to last for generations. Founded in 2001, it says it was the first company to offer Library of Congress images as fine-art reproduction prints.

Its buyers include over 200 bookstores and other retailers, as well as tens of thousands of online customers. It was selected as a vendor for the White House redecoration project in 2008. Lithography, invented in 1796, made inexpensive mass production of prints possible.

The Library of Congress began its American Memory pilot in 1989; it laid the foundation for the National Digital Library Program, which began in 1995 and digitizes selected collections on American cultural history. Other prints in the range include holiday posters and early aerial views of Manhattan, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco.