Currier and Ives
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Currier and Ives was a firm headed by Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) and James Merritt Ives (1824-1895).
Currier and Ives described itself as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Pictures". Their pictures were indeed hugely popular; from 1835 to 1907 they produced over a million prints by a process of hand-colored lithography. The colors were applied in an assembly-line style of operation, typically by German immigrant girls, each of whom added a single color to the print. The prints depicted pleasant scenes of American life as well as ferocious battle scenes from the American Civil War.
Today, original Currier and Ives prints are much sought-after by collectors, and modern reproductions of them are popular decorations.
The Christmas-themed song Sleigh Ride mentions the company by name.Template:Art-org-stub