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Railroad-Indian and Pioneer Prints by Currier & Ives by Fred J Peters Hard Cover
Railroad-Indian and Pioneer Prints by Currier & Ives by Fred J Peters
Hard Cover LIBRARY EDITION Cover has discoloration
109 pages
Copyright 1930
CONTENTS
Introduction
Railroads
Indians
Pioneers and the West
Railroad Prints
INDEX OF RAILROAD PRINTS
No. 64 AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAIN (1855) 20
No. 64A THE ADAMS EXPRESS CO. 21
No. 65 ACROSS THE CONTINENT 22
No. 66 AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAIN (1864) 23
No. 67 AMERICAN RAILROAD SCENE. SNOW BOUND 24
No. 68 THE EXPRESS TRAIN 24
No. 69 THE DANGER SIGNAL 25
No. 70 THE EXPRESS TRAIN (large folio) 26
No. 71 THE EXPRESS TRAIN (small folio) 27
No. 72 THE EXPRESS TRAIN (small folio) (1870) 27
No. 73 THE GREAT WEST 28
No. 74 ICEBOAT RACE ON THE HUDSON 28
No. 75 AMERICAN RAILWAY SCENE, AT HORNELLSVILLE 29
No. 76 THE LIGHTNING EXPRESS 30
No. 77 THE NIGHT EXPRESS: THE START 30
No. 78 THE "LIGHTNING EXPRESS" TRAINS 31
No. 79 LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TENNESSEE 32
No. 80 NIGHT SCENE AT AN AMERICAN RAILWAY JUNCTION 33
No. 81 PENNSYLVANIA RAIL ROAD SCENERY 34
No. 82 PRAIRIE FIRES OF THE GREAT WEST 34
No. 83 THE RAIL ROAD SUSPENSION BRIDGE 35
No. 84 THE ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA 36
No. 85 THROUGH TO THE PACIFIC 36
No. 86 THE THROUGH EXPRESS 37
No. 87 THE GREAT RACE FOR THE WESTERN STAKES (1870) 37
No. 88 THE ACCOMMODATION TRAIN 38
No. 89 BLOOD WILL TELL 38
No. 90 A KISS IN THE DARK 39
No. 91 CROSSED BY A MILK TRAIN 39
No. 92 A LIMITED EXPRESS 40
No. 93 MORE PLUCKY THAN PRUDENT 40
No. 94 OFF HIS NUT 41
No. 95 A NIGHTMARE IN THE SLEEPING CAR 41
No. 96 PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY-PROSPECT OF A SMASH UP 42
No. 97 THE PROGRESS OF THE CENTURY 42
No. 98 A SHORT STOP AT A WAY STATION 43
No. 99 THE STATUE UNVEILED 43
No. 100 A WILD CAT TRAIN 44
No. 101 WRECKED BY A COW CATCHER 44
No. 102 WAKING UP THE WRONG PASSENGER 45
INTRODUCTION
IN planning this series on Currier & Ives prints, the titles decided upon were selected in the order of their popularity, historic interest and value. "Clipper Ship Prints" won the decision for first place without very much competition, and the second place must necessarily go to Railroads, Indians and the West. In fact the combination of these three subjects in one volume will probably interest more people than did the Clipper Ships. There are but few large collections of Railroad prints in this country, and they are very complete and quite valuable. The Indian and Western prints claim many more collectors and the value of these prints has been rising steadily in recent years. Several fine collections containing many Indian and Western prints have been offered at auction, but the Railroad prints seldom appear at these sales.
Nathaniel Currier was a Pioneer. It was he who first ratered to the public by placing before them these colored pictorial records of current events. He lived and worked in a stirring age: the Great West was being opened up to the Pioneer settlers; the Railroads were pushing Eastward and Westward to complete the line from coast to coast; political competition and strife was the order of the day; and the Civil War was a tragedy which left but few of our citizens untouched. In picturing these important historic events, Currier left to posterity a graphic record which in many instances is the only record available today.
Many supercritical art experts have been harsh in their criticism of these prints. Much of this criticism is perhaps warranted, but when their historical importance is considered, and the fact that these workers on stone did not pose as artists but chroniclers, it seems unfair. Our present day caricaturists and cartoonists, with all the knowledge and facilities at their disposal, many times fail to embody in their work, that feeling and understanding that Nathaniel Currier displayed in his prints.
The American Pioneers were legion--some are recorded for their deeds of valor and accomplishment, but the majority are today unknown and their names remain unsung in the annals of our history. The Great West realizes that they owe their existence to these Pioneers, the large cities have erected statues and monuments commemorating the heroic deeds and epoch-making events, and books and pamphlets have been published to broadcast the fame of these known and unknown heroes.
The struggle for existence and civilization on the frontiers was stirringly described by those who wrote or returned east, and the encounters with the Indians, the hazards and privations of the trial, were so filled with romantic interest, that Currier was quick to grasp the possibilities which this situation offered-to publish his pictorial records.
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