Printing Ink and Paper(Page)

    From 2001 through 2016 Snapshots of the Past was a printmaker and republisher of fine art prints made from historic maps, prints, photos and other ephemera originally housed at the Library

    Edward Penfield And The American Poster(Post)

    Edward Penfield’s first poster for Harper’s in 1893 shows a man in a green coat absorbed in reading a magazine while being splashed by raindrops; the display type accompanying the figure is as mat

    WPA Poster: The Sun Rises In The West Written And Produced By Southwest Theatre Unit(Post)

    We are currently facing circumstances that approach the Great Depression. In May 1935, just a few days and 85 years ago, the government enacted the Works Progress Administration. “The Work

    Order Info and Shipping Policy(Page)

    ORDER INFORMATION The images we use to make prints from come from digital scans of original prints in the public domain provided by the Library of Congress.  The Library of Congress generally...

    Information About the Collections(Page)

    AMERICAN MEMORY A great revolution in the history of poster prints was the development of printing techniques that allowed for inexpensive, mass production. The most notable of these, lithography,...

    About(Page)

    Snapshots of the Past was founded in May 2001 in Pittsburgh. The business operated as a print seller for 15 years before closing in 2016. In 2023, it re-established it's web presence again.  We...

    Ye Ghost Ship(Post)

    An hour before sunset, after a stormy June day, in the year 1648, a crowd of colonists from the very new town of New Haven stood at the shore to watch a ship sail into harbor. While many had

    Jane Addams, George Pullman, and King Lear(Post)

    The career of Jane Addams (1860-1935) was bracketed by the founding of the Chicago social settlement, Hull House, in 1889, and her receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931. Her list of accomplishmen

    Testimonials(Page)

    I recently purchased a copy of Gen Timothy Ruggles' portrait - Gen Ruggles

    On Nostalgia - An Essay(Page)

     

    Origins of the Historic Bird's Eye View Map(Page)

    Origins of the Historic Bird's Eye View Map