Snapshots of the Past Wall Art L Print sku-13245658150

This Snapshots of the Past Black Wall Art print, size L, depicts the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford, Conn. The historical reproduction measures 16" x 20" and is made with archival paper and pigmented inks. Snapshots of the Past restores maps, photos and prints from the Library of Congress archives.

Founded in 2001, the company says it was the first 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, a technique that made inexpensive mass-produced prints possible, was invented in 1796. The Library of Congress began its American Memory pilot project in 1989; that work laid the foundation for the National Digital Library Program, which began in 1995 and digitizes selected collections on American cultural history.

Archival paper and pigmented inks are intended to help prints last for generations. The range also includes old Halloween, Mother's Day and Valentine's Day posters and early aerial views of Manhattan, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco. SKU sku-13245658150; UPC 462468384038.