Poster
International Tractor Advertising Poster
| Advertising poster for the Fast Hitch features a cartoon of men performing the "nationally famous Fast-Hitch square dance" on Farmall tractors. A photographic group portrait inset features the actual men posing around a tractor. From left to right are Bob ____, Lee ____, Richard "Dick" Quinlan, and Don Hammell. All of the men worked for International Harvester Company. |
| Image ID: | 23239 |
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| Creation Date: | 1953 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
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| Collection Name: | Advertising literature, 1832-1984 |
| Genre: | Poster |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6421.2384 (7) |
| Original Dimensions: | 28 x 38 inches |
| This information was provided in 2011 by Michael Quinlan, son of Richard "Dick" Quinlan: The event was created by Mel Curvey of International Harvester Co. to promote the new "Fast-Hitch" technology for the Farmall Super-C tractor. The fast-hitch allowed the farmer to change implements without dismounting the tractor. The callers were Bill Bailey of WLS Radio and Walt Newton of WGN Radio (both in Chicago). The bands were Bill Bailey with Polk County Burnett and Mary Jane Johnson, and Shirley Scott and the Modulators with Frankie Scardino. They did shows in 1953 at the IH Proving Ground in Hinsdale, IL for IH Dealers, and then state fairs in the midwest for consumers. They also played the first Farm Progress Show in Potomac, IL in 1953 or 1954 which was sponsored by WLS and Prairie Farmer magazine. |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Portraits, Group |
| Crowds |
| Fairs |
| Dance |
| Costume |
| Hats |
| Advertising |
| Agricultural machinery industry |
| Agricultural machinery |
| Tractors |
| Caricatures and cartoons |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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