Currier & Ives Letterpress Halftones Depicting Steamboats, Mid 20th Century

Item Details

After Charles Parsons (American, 1821 – 1910); artist unknown
On the Mississippi, 1950s; The Great Race on the Mississippi from New Orleans to St. Louis 1210 Miles, 1950s
Hand-colored halftone print on paper; letterpress halftone print on paper
Unsigned
Published by Mississippi Lime Company, Alton, Illinois
Printed by Currier & Ives
Title inscribed in plate to the lower center margin
Reproductions

• Item not examined outside of mounting

Condition

- toning, foxing, and accretions to print and paper of both artworks; large crack and minor chipping to glass covering at the lower right corner of The Great Race… print; abrasions, scratching, light discoloration, and particulates to both frames.

Dimensions

- measurements of individual frame of identical sized pair.

Item #

ITMG761166