Art of the Draw: Advertising Posters
from the McCormick-International Harvester Collection
ICONOGRAPHY POSTER
Cuteness Counts
sing children and animals to help
sell goods is a time-honored advertising tradition.
Advertisers sometimes worked products into childhood
scenes in fanciful ways; in other instances there was
little connection between merchandise and scene.
Illustrations of pets or children presumably made buyers
feel affectionate toward the advertisers' products.
Color Lithograph, 1914
Printed by Hayes Lithographing Co.
(Buffalo)
for
International Harvester
Co. (Chicago)
28.75" x 20"
WHI 2026
.