This Currier and Ives lithograph shows The Great Chicago Fire, on October, 8, 1871. This lithograph is violent and dramatic and today one may wonder why this event was captured as art. At that time, a firm like Currier & Ives often worked in a journalistic manner providing lithographic images to newspapers. There were no […]
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Currier and Ives Lithograph – The Mississippi in Time of Peace
The 1800’s saw the emergence of steam ships as a viable means of transportation. This wonderful Currier & Ives lithograph, The Mississippi in Time of Peace, not only captures the romance of the Mississippi River on a warm summer’s evening, but also shows a variety of ships that frequented its waters at the time, which […]
Currier and Ives Lithograph – Entrance to the Highlands
The 1800’s saw the emergence of steam ships as a viable means of transportation. This wonderful Currier & Ives lithograph, Entrance to the Highlands (Hudson River Looking South), not only captures the majesty of the Hudson River and surrounding mountains, but also captures the sense that the steam ship will soon be replacing the clipper […]
Currier and Ives Lithograph – Trolling for Blue Fish
This great Currier and Ives Lithograph – Trolling for Blue Fish, shows some gentlemen from the 1800s in a small sailboat on ocean waves. With true Currier and Ives drama, the ocean waves are somewhat violent, as is the sky, indicating the onset of a storm. In the early to mid 1800’s, hunting and fishing […]
Currier and Ives Lithograph – Deer Shooting on the Shattagee
This Currier and Ives lithograph, Deer Shooting on the Shattagee is a famous and popular hunting print. Shown here are two backwoods men hunting deer in winter along the Shattagee River. The scene depicts the clothing and hairstyles of a hunter in 1855. In the early to mid 1800’s, hunting and fishing were necessities of […]
Currier and Ives Lithograph – American Railroad Scene – Snow Bound
This Currier and Ives lithograph called, American Railroad Scene – Snow Bound, shows passengers and crew trying to dig out a snowbound train in the 1800s. As with many Currier & Ives lithographs, they conveyed in art, various aspects of American life of the 1800s. They particularly showed the dramatic side of national events as […]
Currier and Ives Lithograph – A Spill Out on the Snow
This very funny Currier and Ives lithograph called A Spill Out on the Snow shows that even in the 1800s, there were traffic jams. These lively sleighing country neighbors are taking the turn just a little too quickly, causing the “spill out” on the snow. This lithograph, A Spill Out on the Snow is also […]
Currier and Ives Lithograph – Winter in the Country, Getting Ice
This Currier and Ives lithograph, called Winter in the Country, Getting Ice, is one of the American Country Scenes showing the American farm life throughout the seasons. It shows men cutting ice on a frozen lake while the horse and sleigh wait patiently to haul the ice home. During the 1880s, a typical farm as […]
Currier and Ives Lithograph – The Farmer’s Home Harvest
This Currier and Ives lithograph called The Farmer’s Home Harvest shows the farmer’s harvest on a beautiful autumn day with men gathering hay in the field and loading it onto an ox drawn cart. In the background one can see the farmer’s home and some family members, a river and mountains with a horse and […]
Main Street Ralston Vintage Postcard
This vintage postcard shows Main Street in Ralston, Pennsylvania in 1900. This is a quaint view of a time when the roads where not paved and wood frame houses with front porches lined the streets. A couple is out in Victorian dress in this mid-winter Main Street view of 1900. The town of Ralston, situated […]