All posts tagged "Currier & Ives"
-
12.0K2Arts and LeisureSix Iconic Paintings From the New England States
Iconic paintings capture the essence of a place or a person. American Gothic, for example, reveals the stoic plainness of the rural...
-
10.2K1Arts and LeisureThe Willey Family Tragedy and a Painting Create White Mountain Tourism
When the Samuel Willey family moved to Crawford Notch in 1825, they unwittingly set in motion a chain of events that turned...
-
13.0KNew England PlacesSix Christmas Towns for the Holidays
So much of New England looks like a Currier & Ives print over the holidays that it was hard to choose the...
-
6.7K1Connecticut300 Years of New England Christmas
The New England Christmas started out as an ordinary work day for Puritans who frowned on the papist revelry of their Anglican...
-
34.4K5MassachusettsWhat They Say About Snow in New England
New Englanders spend countless hours thinking about snow – analyzing it, predicting it, commenting on it. After all, New England gets a...
-
6.3K9Arts and LeisureCurrier & Ives ‘Cheap and Popular Prints’
Currier & Ives described their prints as ‘cheap and popular,’ and while they’re still popular, they are hardly cheap. Prints that once sold...
-
10.7K3IrregularsA Spy for a Spy: John Andre Hanged
On Oct. 2, 1780, British intelligence officer John Andre met his awful fate with courage, much as his American counterpart Nathan Hale...
To Top
