Snapshots of the Past L Wall Art | sku-13254424898

This Snapshots of the Past Wall Art print shows the U.S. gunboat Mendota in the James River near Dutch Gap Canal during the Petersburg, Virginia, campaign. It measures 16 x 20 inches and is listed in Black, size L, under sku-13254424898 and UPC 465480754599. The company makes reproductions of historical images from Library of Congress archives using archival paper and 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 include 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.