Snapshots of the Past Wall Art L sku-13243114543 Garfield

Snapshots of the Past Wall Art in Black, size L, sku-13243114543, UPC 465579227874: a Garfield Park, Indianapolis, Ind., print measuring 16 x 20 inches. Founded in 2001, the company says it was the first 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 online customers.

It was selected as a vendor for the 2008 White House redecoration project. Its historical maps, photos and prints are restored from Library of Congress archives and reproduced on archival paper with pigmented inks. Lithography, invented in 1796, made inexpensive mass production of posters possible.

The Library of Congress began its American Memory pilot in 1989, laying the foundation for the National Digital Library Program, which began in 1995 and digitizes selected collections on American cultural heritage.