Art of the Draw: Advertising Posters
from the McCormick-International Harvester Collection
FARM TECHNOLOGY POSTER
The Best Power for the Farmer
n the early 20th
century, gasoline power transformed the quality of
American farm labor. Safer, cheaper, simpler, and more
versatile than steam engines or animals, gasoline
engines took the hard, physical labor out of many farm
chores. This poster shows gasoline powered tractors and stationary engines performing such chores as
plowing, cutting wood, pumping water, separating cream, and
grinding feed.
Color Lithograph, 1913
Printed by Hayes Lithographing Co.
(Buffalo)
for
International Harvester
Co. (Chicago)
29.25" x 20"
WHI 41372