Title: McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Materials and Catalogs
Inclusive Dates: 1847-1902

Creator:

• McCormick Harvesting Machine Company

Call Number: McCormick Mss 5X; PH 6419

Quantity: 3.2 c.f. (9 archives boxes) and 124 posters

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Advertising catalogs, leaflets, handbills, trade cards, brochures and posters produced by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and its predecessor companies, including: McCormick & Gray (1847); McCormick & Ogden (1849); C.H. McCormick & Company (1850-1859); C.H. McCormick & Bros. (1860-1866); C.H. McCormick & Bro. (1867-1874); C.H. and L.J. McCormick (1874-1879); and McCormick Harvesting Machine Company (1879-1902). The company manufactured horse-drawn reapers, mowers and grain binders. Also included are newspaper clippings (1867-1893), parts catalogs (1854-1897), and 124 oversize posters.

Note:

There is a restriction on access to some of this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mcc0005x

This McCormick collection material is arranged in three sections: Advertising, Parts Catalogs, and Posters. The Advertising section consists of catalogs, trade cards, small handbills, and news clippings; and is arranged by year. Parts Catalogs also is arranged by year. Posters consists of oversize advertising posters and handbills, and is assigned call number PH 6419. A suffix (3), (5), or (7) indicates a size category. The items in this section are also described in the Archives Image Management System (IMS) database.

Access Restrictions

Boxes 7-9 are restricted because they contain extremely fragile items. Photocopies or duplicates of these items are filed in boxes 1-6. If you find a photocopied item in boxes 1-6 and would like to see the original, please consult the McCormick-International Harvester Collection Archivist.

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