| LC control no. | n 80126271 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Currier & Ives |
| Variant(s) | Currier and Ives |
| See also | Predecessor: N. Currier (Firm) |
| Beginning date | 1857 |
| Ending date | 1907 |
| Located | New York (N.Y.) |
| Found in | Weaver, W. A. Lithos. of N. Currier and Currier & Ives, c1925. Currier & Ives' America, 2015: title page (Currier & Ives) Wikipedia, July 6, 2016 (Currier and Ives; Currier and Ives was a successful American printmaking firm headed by Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) and James Merritt Ives (1824-1895); based in New York City from 1834 to 1907, the prolific firm produced prints from paintings by fine artists as black and white lithographs that were hand colored; the name Currier & Ives first appeared in 1857, when Currier invited James Merritt Ives, the company's bookkeeper and accountant, to become his partner; Currier and Ives was the most prolific and successful company of lithographers in the U.S.; Currier died in 1888; Ives remained active in the firm until his death in 1895; both Currier's and Ives' sons followed their fathers in the business, which was eventually liquidated in 1907; because of improvements in offset printing and photoengraving, the public demand for lithographs had gradually diminished) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currier_and_Ives> |
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