McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Materials and Catalogs, 1847-1902

Contents List

Container Title
McCormick Mss 5X
Series: Advertising
Box   1
Folder   1
1847
Box   1
Folder   2-36
1849-1874
Box   2
Folder   1-15
1874-1880
1881
Box   2
Folder   16
Advertising
Box   2
Folder   17
Clipping - 14 May, Scientific American, New York
Box   2
Folder   18-19
1882
1883
Box   2
Folder   20-21
Advertising
Clippings
Box   2
Folder   22
12 May, “A Historical Picture” in The Western Rural
Box   2
Folder   23
19 June, “Then & Now” in Lexington Daily Transcript
Box   2
Folder   24
20 June, “A Trial Test” in The Courier-Journal
Box   2
Folder   25
21 June, “A Reaper Contest” in The Cinncinnati Enquirer
1884
Box   2
Folder   26-27
Advertising
Box   2
Folder   28
Clipping - 18 December, “The McCormick Reaper Works” in Industrial World
1885
Box   2
Folder   29-30
Advertising
Clippings
Box   2
Folder   31
18 April, “The First Reaper” in The Daily Inter Ocean
Box   2
Folder   32
10 June, “A Defaulting Reaper Agent” in The Chicago Tribune
Box   2
Folder   33-34
1886
Box   3
Folder   1-21
1887-1897
1898
Box   3
Folder   22-24
Domestic
Foreign
Box   3
Folder   25
French
Box   3
Folder   26
German
1899
Box   4
Folder   1-3
Domestic
Foreign
Box   4
Folder   4
Bohemian
Box   4
Folder   5
French
Box   4
Folder   6
Spanish
1900
Domestic
Box   4
Folder   8-10
Miscellaneous
Box   4
Folder   11
“100 Harvest Scenes Around the World”
Box   4
Folder   12
Binder Twine History
Box   4
Folder   13
“Leading Machine at the Paris Exposition”
Box   4
Folder   14
McCormick Header”
Box   4
Folder   15
McCormick Points”
Box   4
Folder   16
McCormick Vertical Corn Binder”
Box   4
Folder   17
Testimonials
Box   4
Folder   18
“What Your Neighbors Say”
Foreign
Box   4
Folder   19
French
Box   4
Folder   20-22
German
Box   4
Folder   23
Hungarian
Box   4
Folder   24
Italian
Box   4
Folder   25
Russian
1901
Domestic
Box   5
Folder   1-3
Miscellaneous
Box   5
Folder   4
“King Corn Endorses the McCormick
Box   5
Folder   5
“Look at This Picture and Then On This”
Box   5
Folder   6
“The McCormick Header”
Box   5
Folder   7
“The McCormick is the Only Machine That Will Stand a Technical Searchlight”
Box   5
Folder   8
McCormick - One of the Few, the Immortal Names”
Box   5
Folder   9
McCormick Rice Binder”
Box   5
Folder   10
McCormick Rice Harvester”
Box   5
Folder   11
“The Pride of the New Century”
Foreign
Box   5
Folder   12
French
Box   5
Folder   13
German
1902
Domestic
Box   5
Folder   14
Miscellaneous
Box   5
Folder   15
“King Corn”
Box   5
Folder   16
McCormick - Best in the World”
Box   5
Folder   17
“The McCormick Header”
Box   5
Folder   18
“Parallel Points for Purchasers”
Box   5
Folder   19
“The Rice Crop”
Box   5
Folder   20
“World-Centre”
Foreign
Box   5
Folder   21
Danish
Box   5
Folder   22-24
German
Box   5
Folder   25
Hungarian
Box   5
Folder   26
Italian
Box   5
Folder   27
Norwegian - “King Corn”
Box   5
Folder   28
Russian
Box   5
Folder   29
Spanish - “The McCormick Header”
Undated
Box   5
Folder   30-31
Domestic
Box   5
Folder   32
Foreign - German
Series: Parts Catalogs
Box   6
Folder   1
1854-1875
Box   6
Folder   2
1860-1877
Box   6
Folder   3
1877
Box   6
Folder   4
1880
Box   6
Folder   5
1882
Box   6
Folder   6
1884
Box   6
Folder   7
1885
Box   6
Folder   8
1886
Box   6
Folder   9
1893
Box   6
Folder   10
1897
Box   7-9
Restricted Fragile Originals
Note: Reference photocopies or duplicates are in boxes 1-6; see the McCormick Collection Archivist for access to originals.
PH 6419
Series: Posters
Note: More extensive descriptions of the items listed below are available in the Archives Image Management System (IMS) database available on the Wisconsin Historical Society website.
1849
No.   1 (3)
McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper
No.   25-26 (3)
McCormick's Reaper Directions
1850
No.   2-4 (3)
McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper Broadsheet
No.   46-48 (5)
McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper
No.   5-7 (3)
McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper
No.   8-10 (3)
McCormick Reaper Directions
1851
No.   11 (3)
McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper Broadsheet
No.   49 (5)
McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper
1853
No.   12 (3)
McCormick's Patent Reaping and Mowing Machine
No.   13 (3)
McCormick's Patent Reaping and Mowing Machine
1854
No.   14-15 (3)
McCormick's Reaping and Mowing Machine Handbill
1857
No.   50-51 (5)
McCormick's Reaping and Mowing Machine Directions
1858
No.   52 (5)
McCormick's Reaping and Mowing Machine Directions
1859
No.   16-20 (3), 22-24 (3)
McCormick's Reaper and Mower Flyer
No.   21 (3)
McCormick's Reaper and Mower Flyer
1860
No.   53 (5)
McCormick's Reaping and Mowing Machine Directions
1862
No.   27 (3)
McCormick Reaper and Mower Broadsheet
1867
No.   54 (5)
McCormick's Reaping and Mowing Machine Directions
1870
No.   55 (5)
McCormick Harvesting Machines Illustration
1870, circa
No.   56 (5)
German McCormick Self-Rake Reaper Advertisement
1874
No.   57 (5)
McCormick Mower Illustration
1875
No.   28 (3)
McCormick “Improved Advance” Reaper Advertisement
No.   29 (3)
The McCormick Harvester Ahead!
No.   58 (5)
The McCormick Harvester Ahead!
1875, circa
No.   61 (5)
McCormick Harvesting Machines Poster
1876
No.   124 (7)
McCormick Machines Advertising Poster
1877
No.   30 (3)
McCormick Improved Advance Reaper Flyer
No.   31 (3)
McCormick Self-Binder Instructions
1878
No.   33 (3)
McCormick Self-Binder Instructions
No.   34 (3)
McCormick Harvester Directions
1878, circa
No.   59 (5)
McCormick Reaper
1879
No.   32 (3)
McCormick Harvester & Self-Binder for British Isles
1880
No.   35-36 (3)
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalog
1880, circa
No.   62 (5)
McCormick's Harvesting Machines Poster
1881
No.   37 (3)
McCormick Twine Binder Advertisement
1882
No.   38-39 (3)
McCormick Twine Binder Flyer
No.   65 (5)
The McCormick Invincible
No.   66-67 (5)
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Flyer
No.   68 (5)
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Flyer
1882, circa
No.   63 (5), 64 (5)
McCormick Grain Binder Advertising Poster
1883
No.   40 (3)
McCormick Binder Field Test Challenge
No.   69 (5)
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Flyer
1883, circa
No.   70 (5), 90-101 (7)
Testing the First Reaping Machine
No.   71 (5)
Testing of the First Reaping Machine Near Steele's Tavern, Virginia
1885, circa
No.   112 (7)
McCormick “Battle of Shiloh” Advertising Poster
No.   113 (7)
Monitor and Merrimac Advertising Poster
1886, circa
No.   106-110 (7), 125 (7)
“Battle of Gettysburg” Advertising Posters
No.   111 (7)
Battle of Gettysburg Advertising Poster
No.   114 (7)
Battle of Mission Ridge Advertising Poster
No.   115-118 (7)
McCormick “Westward” Advertising Poster
1886
No.   41-43 (3)
McCormick Bundle Carrier Instructions
1887, circa
No.   126 (7)
The McCormick at Work in Asiatic Russia
1888, circa
No.   119 (7)
“Battle of Atlanta” Advertising Poster
1889
No.   73-75 (5)
McCormick Interchangeable Twine and Wire Binder
No.   76 (5)
McCormick Mower Flyer
1893
No.   72 (5)
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Flyer
1896
No.   77 (5)
McCormick Harvesting Machines Advertisement
1897, circa
No.   120 (7)
McCormick “Ship of Progress” Advertising Poster
1897
No.   44 (3)
German McCormick Harvesting Machines Advertisement
1899, circa
No.   79 (5), 121-122 (7)
McCormick “Back from the War” Advertising Poster
1900, circa
No.   123 (7)
French McCormick Advertising Poster
No.   80 (5)
The Lion's Share Is What McCormick Gets
No.   83 (5)
French McCormick Harvesting Machines Poster
1900
No.   78 (5)
McCormick Always the Winner
No.   81 (5)
McCormick Calls Champion Bluff
No.   82 (5)
Horse-Drawn Mower Scene
1902
No.   89 (5)
McCormick Advertising Poster
Undated
No.   84 (5)
McCormick Harvesting Machines Flyer
No.   85 (5)
McCormick: The King of the Harvest
No.   86-87 (5)
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Mower
No.   88 (5)
Pastoral Harvesting Scene