Prairie fires of the great west – Historic Print
![Prairie fires of the great west, [New York] : Published by Currier & Ives, c1872. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/74/74c838a64d54-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.)
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Step back in time with Prairie fires of the great west, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Prairie fires of the great west
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Currier & Ives published this color lithograph around 1872, and its subject pairs two things that defined the western plains at the time: grass fires and the railroads crossing them. Prairie fires could race across dry grassland faster than a person could run, threatening settlers, livestock and the new rail lines that were pushing west after the Civil War. Currier & Ives sold such scenes widely to eastern buyers, so the print offers a view of frontier danger as it was packaged for a national audience.
| Created / published | [New York] : Published by Currier & Ives, c1872. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5269 |
| Subjects | Grassland fires--West (U.S.)--1870-1880. Railroads--West (U.S.)--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,127 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175026 |
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