Snapshots of the Past Wall Art Print L sku-13272900330

Snapshots of the Past Black Wall Art, size L, depicts General Willcox's headquarters in front of Petersburg, Va. This historic 16" x 20" print is a reproduction of an image from the Library of Congress archives. SKU sku-13272900330; UPC 464411008350. The company restores historical maps, photos and prints as home decor.

Founded in 2001, it was the first 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 internet customers. It was selected as a vendor for the White House redecoration project of 2008. Lithography, invented in 1796, helped make inexpensive mass-produced prints possible.

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 concerning American cultural heritage. These reproductions use fine-art archival paper and pigmented inks and are intended to last for generations.

Other subjects include old Halloween, Mother's Day and Valentine's Day posters and early aerial views of Manhattan, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco. The prints can be displayed at home, in a study or at work, or given as gifts.