Welcome to the leading on-line reference site dedicated to "Currier & Ives" and their Lithographs
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From 1834 till 1907, The print shop "Currier & Ives" produced in excess of 1 million lithographs which included more than 7500 different titles. Read
the history of Currier & Ives page to see how they chronicled the history of the mid to late 19th century in picture.
PBS has developed an in-depth, three part documentary about Currier & Ives. It details the Company, the Artists, and how they helped to form mass media as we know it today. The documentary is currently running on Public Broadcasting channels around the country. Check your local PBS station for broadcast times. See the series website currierandives.org for more information, or to download a copy of the documentary.
New to our Site: FREE DOWN-LOADABLE CLIP ART for your web page or newsletter!
We have started populating a graphics page with down-loadable clip art taken directly from original Currier & Ives lithographs. Check back often as we will be adding more artwork as time permits. Visit our Clip Art Page and get your free graphics.
Visit our Print Gallery. We are always updating the pages and adding new prints and new categories to our Internet Print Gallery.
- - Find a complete listing of Currier & Ives Reference Books
- - Learn how to identify original Currier & Ives prints
- - See the addresses/dates where the firm was located, to help date your prints
Find all of these helpful tools on our References Page.
See and hear a music manuscript printed by N. Currier circa 1836 on our Music page. You can read the lyrics and hear a MIDI or WAV file of this period music piece!
Come see the steps involved in the restoration of two 130+ year old Currier & Ives lithographs on our Restorations page.
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Last Update 01/03/2009