Currier & Ives Include "The Lightning Steam Press" in their Progress of the Century

1876
Currier & Ives, The Progress of the Century
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A modern offset printed reproduction of the original hand-colored lithograph.

In 1876, to commemorate the first centenary of the United States Currier & Ives issued a hand-colored lithograph entitled The Progress of the Century. The image depicted men working with "The Lightning Steam Press. The Electric Telegraph. The Locomotive. The Steamboat."

Timeline Themes

Art and Science, Medicine, Technology
Book Production in the Industrial Revolution: Origins of Mass Media
Printing by Machine