Art of the Draw: Advertising Posters
from the McCormick-International Harvester Collection
VARIATIONS POSTER
The Other Hand
his poster for the European market shows a right-hand binder in the lower left panel. Starting in 1898, the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and, later, International Harvester, tried to popularize the right-hand binder, whose cutting path was on the driver's right side. This seemed to be a sensible idea, since the majority of mechanical mowers and reapers also cut on the right, and most horses were trained to turn in that direction. However, many farmers disliked operating control levers with their left hands and the design never caught on.
Color Lithograph, 1913
Printed by Hayes Lithographing Co. (Buffalo)for International Harvester Co. (Chicago)
29.25" x 20"
Similar poster: WHI 3582