Art of the Draw: Advertising Posters
from the McCormick-International Harvester Collection
FARM TECHNOLOGY POSTER
The Shape of Things
o find the best
arrangement of mechanical components, inventors
experimented with many different implement designs, most
of which were unsuccessful. In most 19th century
mowers, the driver sat directly behind a team of horses
and the cutter bar extended to the driver's right. In
this design, however, the horses are separated and the
cutter bar is mounted between them.
![Eureka Mower Company poster.](images/ad-p12-l.jpg)
Color Lithograph, ca. 1885
Printed by Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann Lith.
(New York)
for Eureka Mower Co. (Towanda, PA)
22.25" x 28.5"
WHI 3560