Poster
McCormick "Westward" Advertising Poster
| Advertising poster showing color illustration of pioneers on a bluff overlooking a McCormick binder harvesting grain in the valley below. The poster bears the text "'Westward the course of empire takes its way' with McCormick in the van." The poster was based on a fresco painting by Emmanuel Leutze in the House Wing of the Federal Capitol. Printed by Shober & Carqueville Lithog. Co., Chicago, Illinois. |
| Image ID: | 2496 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1886 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
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| Collection Name: | Advertising materials and catalogs, 1847-1902 |
| Genre: | Poster |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6419.115 (7) |
| Original Dimensions: | 27.5 x 39.75 inches |
| Featured in the WHS Museum exhibit "Art of the Draw" in 2000. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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