Snapshots of the Past L Wall Art | sku-13256920360

This Black, size L Wall Art from Snapshots of the Past is a 16 x 20 inch historic print titled Hamburg . school for young sailors. The company restores historical maps, photos, and prints from Library of Congress archives as reproductions for display at home, in a study, or at work.

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, along with tens of thousands of online customers. It was selected as a vendor for the White House redecoration project of 2008. Lithography, invented in 1796, made inexpensive mass production of 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 about American cultural heritage. The reproductions use fine-art and archival papers and pigmented inks intended to last for generations.

Other available subjects mentioned include old Halloween, Mother's Day, and Valentine's Day posters and early aerial views of Manhattan, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco. These retro-style prints can also be given as gifts. SKU: sku-13256920360. UPC: 461591175872.