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Currier and Ives
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Cur·rier and Ives (kʉr′ē ər ənd īvz′)
any of a 19th-cent. series of prints showing the manners, people, and events of the times
Etymology: after N. Currier (1813-88) & J. M. Ives (1824-95), U.S. founders of the lithographing firm that published the prints
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