Snapshots of the Past Wall Art L | sku-13247516034 Print

Snapshots of the Past Wall Art in Black, size L, SKU sku-13247516034, UPC 467127589342. This 16 x 20-inch reproduction print depicts Rieka Pyshma u mineral'nykh vod. The company restores historical maps, photographs and prints from Library of Congress archives and makes reproductions on fine-art and archival paper with pigmented inks.

Founded in 2001, Snapshots of the Past says it was the first company 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 was invented in 1796; the Library of Congress began its American Memory pilot project in 1989, followed by the National Digital Library Program in 1995. That program digitizes selected collections concerning American cultural heritage. The seller describes its archival-paper prints as suitable for keeping or passing down.

Its range also includes holiday posters and early aerial views of Manhattan, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco.