Souvenir calendar and memorandum book. Compliments of McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Chicago, Ill. [graphic].
Title
Souvenir calendar and memorandum book. Compliments of McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Chicago, Ill
Description
Advertisement souvenir containing illustrated calendar pages and "Memorandum" sheets printed with paragraphs of promotional text about McCormick and his machinery. Illustrations depict seasonal, genre and landscape scenes, including a man fishing (July), a couple canoeing (August), ducks on promenade down a dirt path (September), a waterfall and winter scene near a homestead (October and November), and deers in a snow-covered forest (December). Promotional text describes the superiority of the McCormick mowers based on "Durability. Convenience and Light Draft"; the machines' prevalence, profitability, history, patents, and awards; the ingenuity of McCormick, the plant, and his employees; and the "best farmers" paying higher prices for McCormick mowers because " Others may cut the prices but the McCormick cuts the grain." Also contains a "Map of the Business Portion of Chicago" and views of a horse-drawn McCormick reaper ("The Winner of the Grand Prizes All Around the World") and draft mower no. 4 ("The Most Durable and Lightest Draft Mower on Earth") on the inside front and back covers., Front and back cover illustrated. Front cover depicts a view of a field lined with bundles of harvested wheat. Image overlaid with an inset of a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick. Pictorial details of a flower and vinery complete the image. Back cover depicts "Birdsye View of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.'s Works. In Capacity the Largest in the World." Also shows several trains stopped on tracks in front of the complex., Date inferred from text: Fifteen thousands tops of McCormick Binding Twine will be used in the harvest fields of 1893., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler., McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., previously Cyrus H. McCormick and Brothers, was established in Chicago in 1847 by first-successful mechanical reaper inventor Cyrus W. McCormick (1809-1884) and his brother Leander J. McCormick. Brother William Sanderson McCormick joined the firm in 1849. In 1902, the firm was incorporated into the International Harvester Company.
Date
[1893]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Calendars [P.2011.10.166]
The beginning and the end of life (hold the picture 1 foot away for life and 20 feet for death.) Presented by William Deering & Co. Chicago, Ill. Grain & grass machinery.
Title
The beginning and the end of life (hold the picture 1 foot away for life and 20 feet for death.) Presented by William Deering & Co. Chicago, Ill. Grain & grass machinery
Description
Illustrated trade card and metamorphic picture depicting two girls playing with their pet dog and toys, strategically placed so that when viewed from afar, the scene forms the shadows of a human skull. William Deering became the sole owner of a reaper company in 1879 in Plano, Illinois and subsequently moved the business to Chicago, Illinois in 1880. The business was incorporated as William Deering & Company in 1883., Advertising text printed on verso promotes various harvesting and mowing machines manufactured by William Deering & Co., including the Junior Deering, the Standard Deering, the Deering Mower, Deering Giant Mower, the Warrior Mower, and the Deering Light Reaper. Informs readers that "the skull duggery practiced by some manufacturers of harvesting machinery, in palming off cheap machines on unsuspecting farmers, finds no favor in the Deering factory.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *trade card - Deering [P.9631.5]
[John H. Webster, Sr., and Albert Webster with a horse-drawn harvester on Stouton farm, Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic].
Title
[John H. Webster, Sr., and Albert Webster with a horse-drawn harvester on Stouton farm, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description
Depicts Albert Webster sitting on a horse-drawn plow, and his father, John H. Webster, Sr., standing in front of the horse with a pitchfork. Bales of hay cover the field in the background. They're on the farm behind Stouton, the former country seat of William MacPherson, owned by the Webster family since 1805., William MacPherson was the son of Captain John MacPherson (1726-1792) from Edinburgh. William served as lieutenant for the British army during the first year of the Revolutionary War, but joined the Colonial army under the leadership of Lafayette. Appointed surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia in 1789 and commanded the Philadelphia battalion, the "MacPherson Blues", during the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794. Married Margaret Stout and resided at their country seat "Stouton". Site later named MacPherson Park., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator
Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date
ca. 1890
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.65]