Creator Record

Metadata

Name

Maurer, Louis

Dates & places of birth and death

Born, February 21, 1832; Biebrich, Germany
Died, July 19, 1932

Nationality

German born American

Occupation

lithographer

Notes

Maurer began working as a lithographer at the firm of T.W. Strong in 1852. Later the same year he moved to Currier and Ives, working there till 1860. Maurer's series The Life of a Fireman (1854) was a popular lithography series produced for Currier and Ives. (These prints inspired sculptor John A. Wilson's Firemen's Memorial.)
During the American Civil War, Maurer worked as a shooting instructor in Palisades Park. He later was a partner in the lithography firm of Heppenheimer & Maurer until his retirement in 1884.