The Progress of the Century – The Lightning Steam Press. The Electric Telegraph. The Locomotive. The Steamboat.

Currier & Ives

1876 · Lithograph · Drawings and Prints

This scene from American history highlights a range of nineteenth-century inventions. At center, a man sends a message via telegraph that reads "Liberty and Union now and forever one and inseparable. Glory to God in the highest. On earth peace, good will toward men." In the background at right are a steam locomotive and steamship. In the background at left a boy uses printer's tools and two men stand at a printing press. Unlike many Currier & Ives lithograph, this example is not hand-colored.

Artist

Currier & Ives

Date

1876

Medium

Lithograph

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962