Snapshots of the Past Iowa Wall Art L sku-13256006183

Snapshots of the Past Wall Art print of Iowa's Boone Valley of the Des Moines River, viewed from the C. and N. W. Ry. viaduct. It measures 16 x 20 inches and is listed in Black, size L. The company makes reproductions of historical maps, photos and prints restored from Library of Congress archives, using fine-art archival paper and pigmented inks intended to last for generations.

Founded in 2001, it says it 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, as well as tens of thousands of internet customers. It was selected as a vendor for the White House redecoration project in 2008.

Lithography, a printing technique 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 concerning American cultural heritage.

The company's other print subjects include holiday posters and early aerial views of Manhattan, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco. SKU sku-13256006183; UPC 468766357385.