Snapshots of the Past Black L Wall Art sku-13223873241

This Snapshots of the Past Wall Art print shows the Treasury preparing to release Social Security checks in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 14. The Black print is size L, measures 16" x 20", and has SKU sku-13223873241 and UPC 461143208218. The company reproduces historical maps, photographs and prints restored from Library of Congress archives.

Founded in 2001, 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 of 2008. Lithography, invented in 1796, enabled inexpensive mass production of prints.

A Library of Congress pilot project called American Memory began in 1989 and laid the foundation for the National Digital Library Program, which began in 1995 and digitizes selected collections about American cultural heritage. The reproductions use fine-art and archival paper; prints made with archival paper and pigmented inks are intended to last for generations.

The collection also includes old Halloween, Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day posters and early aerial views of Manhattan, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco.