The danger signal – Vintage Wall Art
![The danger signal, [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1884. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/22/226ca54fa4ed-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of The danger signal. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The danger signal
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Sold under the title *The danger signal*, this 1884 color lithograph comes from the New York firm of Currier & Ives, which by then was turning out large numbers of railroad scenes for a mass market. The 1880s were a period of rapid rail expansion across the country, and a signal that warned of hazard on the track was a subject people knew well from daily life. The print was made with oil colors, so its bright tones were applied through the printing process rather than by hand. Its place in the firm's railroad output makes it a useful example of how Currier & Ives shaped popular ideas of the train.
| Created / published | [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1884. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Printed in oil colors by Currier & Ives, N.Y. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1475 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,324 × 877 px · prints to 4 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217176 |
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