Pacing horse "Billy Boyce" of St. Louis: as he appeared at Buffalo N.Y. Aug 1st 1868 pacing the last half mile in the second heat in 1 minute 5 1/4 seconds and the third heat one mile in the fastest time on record 2:14 1/4

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.