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1) Nathaniel Currier, born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on March 27, 1813 to November 20, 1888 (aged 75), was an American lithographer. He headed the company Currier & Ives with James Ives.
2) He attended public school until age fifteen, when he was apprenticed to the Boston printing firm of William and John Pendleton. Currier learned the process in their shop.
3) In 1835, Currier started his own lithographic business as an eponymous sole proprietorship, initially engaged in the standard of printing sheet music, letterheads, handbills, & other related products.
4) However, he soon took his work in a new direction, creating pictures of current events. In 1840, Currier began to move away from job printing and into independent print publishing.
5) In 1850, James Ives went to work for Currier's firm as bookkeeper. His skills as a businessman & marketer contributed significantly to the growth of the company. In 1857, he was made a full partner.
6) Currier & Ives are best known as creators of popular art prints, such as Christmas, landscapes, or depictions of Victorian urban sophistication. Over decades, the firm created roughly 7,500 images.
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