Snapshots of the Past Wall Art Print L sku-13269263027

Snapshots of the Past Wall Art, size L, Black, sku-13269263027, UPC 463363662535: a 16" x 20" historic print of Mrs. [Minnie Maddern] Fiske's dressing room at the Lyric Theatre. The company reproduces historical maps, photos and prints restored from Library of Congress archives, using fine-art and archival papers and pigmented inks intended to last for generations. Founded in 2001, it describes itself as 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 online customers. It was selected as a vendor for the 2008 White House redecoration project. Lithography, invented in 1796, enabled inexpensive mass production of poster prints. The Library of Congress began its American Memory pilot in 1989; it laid the groundwork for the National Digital Library Program, which began in 1995 and digitizes selected collections concerning American cultural history. The company's reproductions include old Halloween, Mother's Day and Valentine's Day posters and early aerial views of Manhattan, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco. They can be displayed at home or at work or given as gifts.