Currier and Ives Home Page

Welcome to a "CHEAP and POPULAR" on-line reference site dedicated to "Currier & Ives" and their Lithographs

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Currier & Ives

The history of Currier & Ives.

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.

2012 Currier & Ives Calendar

The new 2012 Currier & Ives Lithograph Calendar, featuring 12 popular lithographs, is now available at Zazzle.com.
(Please Note: This is NOT the Traveler's Insurance Company Calendar)
A portion of the proceeds are used to support The Currier & Ives Foundation's education outreach program.

Holiday Products from the Currier & Ives Foundation

We are now selling products featuring original Currier & Ives images. These products are available at our Zazzle store, just in time for the Holidays! Visit our Products Page to see the store.

Free Screen Savers for your PC

We have started building Free Screen Savers featuring original Currier & Ives lithographs by genre. Check back often as we will be adding more categories of screen savers as time permits. Visit our Screen Saver Page and get your FREE Screen Savers.

Currier & Ives Art Gallery.

Visit our Print Gallery. These gallery pages are designed so you can view many of the more popular Currier & Ives images. Internet Print Gallery.

Gallery of Currier & Ives Lithographs.

Visit a Comprehensive Currier & Ives Print Gallery developed and managed by Vanessa Rudisill Stern. This impressive site allows you to search and view more than 5000 Currier & Ives Images by their Title, or their Conningham and Gale numbers. See the Gallery at http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vstern/.

References and Identification Tools.

- 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.

N. Currier Sheet Music - An Early Work.

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!

Print Restorations.

Come see the steps involved restoring a 130+ year old Currier & Ives lithograph on our Restorations page.

Free Clip Art

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.

CURRIER & IVES: Perspectives on America

PBS has developed a three part documentary about Currier & Ives. 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.

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