Antique factory Currier Look at Papa and Look at Mama Prints in Rustic Wood Frames by lith & pub: by Nathaniel Currier, 2 Spruce St, N.Y.

These prints were made someone between 1835 - 1857 because after 1857 the company changed the name to Currier & Ives - before it was merely N. Currier (see excerpt below). On the bottom of each print is the insignia lith: & pub: by N. Currier, 2 Spruce St, N.Y. These are original Currier pieces. You may see other listing for this print but they are later reproductions. These are the earliest prints and as such are very hard to find for sale. The only one I found with the same N. Currier mark is in the Library of Congress ( https://www.loc.gov/item/93515244/ ). Considering the age of the prints they are in very good condition with no tears or creases. Like with all Currier prints of this age they are a bit off white and have water marks (see photos). The Look at Mama print still has the original backing board (solid wood) where as the Look at Papa backing board was replaced at one time and the bottom right corner on the back side has a split in the wood that was glued together. Fortunately it is not visible from the front.

What I like about these prints is that it was common practice to have portraits done of family members back when these were published; and these prints portray that practice and heritage.

I could sell these print separatly but it would seem a shame to separate them since they were probably bought and kept in the same family for many years.

Look at Mama print measures: 17.5" x factory 13.75" with frame and visible area is 14" x 10.25"

Look at Papa print measurers 16.75" x 12.75" with frame and visible area is 13.5" x 9.5"

Wikipedia excerpt:

Currier and Ives

Currier and Ives was a successful American printmaking firm based in New York City from 1835 to 1907 headed first by Nathaniel Currier, and later jointly with his partner James Merritt Ives. The prolific firm produced prints from paintings by fine artists as black and white lithographs that were hand colored. Lithographic prints could be reproduced quickly and purchased inexpensively, and the firm called itself "the Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints" and advertised its lithographs as "colored engravings for the people".[1] The firm adopted the name "Currier and Ives" in 1857.