From Apples to Autumn Leaves

When searching in the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC), one fascinating image can often lead to another. That is what happened when I was looking for apple images for the latest Flickr album How Do You Like These Apples? I included this Currier & Ives lithograph from the Popular Graphic Arts Collection in the album: Apples. Lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1868. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.04717 I also found the image below when searching for “apple” in the Popular Graphic Arts Collection in PPOC. Although this print is titled American Autumn Fruit, it was retrieved in my search because it was cataloged with the subject heading apples, along with grapes, watermelons, berries, pears, and plums: American Autumn Fruit. Lithograph by A.J. Nurre,…