Poster
McCormick "Ship of Progress" Advertising Poster
| Advertising poster for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Includes color illustrations of a grain binder, mower, reaper and a large steam powered sailing ship. The ship is called the "Ship of Progress" and has a grain binder on the bow. Includes the text "the ship of progress; hail, mighty ship, where'er you dip the billows roll with life anew, as with your weight of reaper freight, you plow the waters through, forevermore, each wave-kissed shore a welcome holds for thee, and all the years shall ring with cheers - the land unto the sea." The poster was printed by Ketterlinus of Chicago, Philadelphia and New York. |
| Image ID: | 23391 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1897 |
| Creator Name: | McCormick Harvesting Machine Company |
| City: | Chicago |
| County: | |
| State: | Illinois |
| Collection Name: | Advertising materials and catalogs, 1847-1902 |
| Genre: | Poster |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6419.120 (7) |
| Original Dimensions: | 30 x 40 inches |
| Agricultural machinery |
| Advertising |
| Agricultural machinery industry |
| Ships |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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