Snapshots of the Past Wall Art L sku-13292906891 Print

This Snapshots of the Past Wall Art print shows a historic view of the First Post Office at Stockton and Washington Streets in San Francisco, California. It measures 16" x 20" and is listed as size L and color Black. The company makes reproductions of historical maps, photos and prints restored from Library of Congress archives, using archival paper and pigmented inks.

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

Lithography, a printing method that enabled inexpensive mass production of posters, was invented in 1796. The Library of Congress began its American Memory pilot project in 1989; it laid the foundation for the National Digital Library Program, which began in 1995 and digitizes selected collections covering American cultural heritage. SKU: sku-13292906891. UPC: 465458126762.