Snapshots of the Past Wall Art L | sku-13656457011

Snapshots of the Past Wall Art in Black, size L (sku-13656457011; UPC 462872013937), is a 16 x 20 historic print. It depicts a group portrait that includes Algerian Premier Ahmed Ben Bella, a State Department interpreter and Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Khemisti. The image comes from the Library of Congress archives.

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 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 2008 White House redecoration project. Its reproductions use archival paper and pigmented inks.

Lithography was invented in 1796. The Library of Congress began its American Memory pilot project in 1989. That project laid the foundation for the National Digital Library Program, which began in 1995 and digitizes selected collections concerning American cultural history.