Snapshots of the Past L Historic Wall Art sku-13266917060

Snapshots of the Past Wall Art, SKU sku-13266917060, is a Black historic print in size L, measuring 16 x 20. UPC: 461921806834. The print depicts Sea Scout Paul Siple speaking to fellow scouts in Washington about his experiences accompanying the Byrd expedition to the South Pole.

The company restores historical maps, photos and prints from Library of Congress archives and makes reproductions using archival paper and pigmented inks. Founded in 2001, 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-produced posters possible. The Library of Congress began its American Memory pilot project in 1989; that project laid the foundation for the National Digital Library Program, which began in 1995 and digitizes selected collections concerning American cultural history.