Poster
Monitor and Merrimac Advertising Poster
"Terrific Engagement between the 'Monitor' and 'Merrimac.'" Battle scene of the Civil War battle produced by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Small insets show the McCormick grain binder ["harvester"] and mower. Includes the statement, "This fight settled the fate of the 'Wooden Walls' of the World and taught all nations that the War-Ship of the future must be - like the McCormick Harvester - a Machine of Steel." |
Image ID: | 41074 |
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Creation Date: | circa 1885 |
Creator Name: | McCormick Harvesting Machine Company |
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Collection Name: | Advertising materials and catalogs, 1847-1902 |
Genre: | Poster |
Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
Original Format Number: | PH 6419.113 (7) |
Original Dimensions: | 36 x 25.5 inches |
Text printed on the poster indicates that the scene was "copied by permission from the Cyclorama of the Monitor and Merrimac on Exhibition at Toledo, Ohio." Printed by the Calvert Litho Company, Detroit and Chicago. |
Agricultural machinery |
Advertising |
Agricultural machinery industry |
Battles |
Civil War, 1861-1865 |
Sailors |
Warships |
Flags |
Water |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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