Snapshots of the Past Black Wall Art L sku-13223523049

This Snapshots of the Past Wall Art print depicts a water-filled ditch on the west side of Fort Sedgwick in Petersburg, Virginia. It measures 16" x 20" and is listed in Black, size L. SKU: sku-13223523049. UPC: 463275970704. Snapshots of the Past makes reproductions of historical maps, photographs and prints restored from Library of Congress archives, using archival paper and pigmented inks.

Founded in 2001, the company says it was the first to offer Library of Congress images as fine-art reproduction prints. Its buyers have included over 200 bookstores and other retailers, as well as tens of thousands of online customers. It was selected as a vendor for the White House redecoration project in 2008. Lithography, invented in 1796, helped make mass-produced prints inexpensive.

The Library of Congress began its American Memory pilot in 1989; that project laid the groundwork for the National Digital Library Program, which began in 1995 and digitizes selected collections on American cultural history. The company's catalog also includes old holiday posters and early aerial views of Manhattan, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco.