Kurz and Allison

Based at 267-269 Wabash Avenue in Chicago, they built their reputation on large prints published in the mid-1880s depicting battles of the American Civil War.

In all, a set of 36 battle scenes were published from designs by Louis Kurz (1835–1921),[1] himself a veteran of the war.

[7]) According to Neely and Holzer (2000) "The influence of the Gettysburg cyclorama on the Kurz and Alison print is readily recognizable.

[7] According to Neely and Holzer (2000), Kurz and Alison, although inspired by Prang's work, did not imitate his artistic aspirations.

"Kurz and Alison remained true to the popular tradition in lithography embodied in the work of Currier and Ives; Prang was aiming higher.

The firm also produced lithographs of a number of natural US disasters which included The Great Conemaugh Valley Disaster -- Flood & Fire at Johnstown, Pa about the Johnstown Flood of 1889 as well as Galveston's awful calamity - Gulf tidal wave, September 8, 1900 based on the Great Galveston hurricane of 1900.

[16] In spite of their lack of historical accuracy, Kurz and Allison prints (or details from them) are still used as book covers and iconic images of the Civil War.