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The Port of New York--Birds eye view from the Battery, looking south

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Copyright 1892 by Currier & Ives, N.Y.

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5259.

New York City from 1835 to 1907 headed first by Nathaniel Currier, and later jointly with his partner James Merritt Ives. The prolific firm produced prints from paintings by fine artists as black and white lithographs that were hand-colored. The firm called itself "the Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints" and advertised its lithographs as "colored engravings for the people". The firm adopted the name "Currier and Ives" in 1857.

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01/01/1892
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Currier & Ives.
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Currier and Ives

19th Century New York firm that produced prints from paintings by fine artists.
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harbors new york state new york battery park new york ny new york ny bird eye view prints lithographs color port eye view battery prints 19th century new york harbor ny and n j college point new york ny popular graphic arts currier and ives birds eye view ultra high resolution high resolution detroit publishing company photograph collection library of congress