Hitch your wagon to a star / J.C. Leyendecker. – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Hitch your wagon to a star / J.C. Leyendecker.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Hitch your wagon to a star / J.C. Leyendecker.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson's line "Hitch your wagon to a star" gives this 1898 color poster its title and its message: aim high and tie your goals to something lasting. J.C. Leyendecker, early in his career as an illustrator, designed it, and the copyright line credits M.I. Cohen of Chicago. The record files the poster under insurance companies of the 1890s, when color lithographic posters were a common way to sell policies to a broad public. Its 1899 catalog notation suggests it was preserved as a promotional piece from that period.
| Created / published | 1898 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. G81. 1899. Copyright by M.I. Cohen Chicago. · Clarence H. White School of Photography. Rockefeller Center. |
| Subjects | Insurance companies--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,452 × 1,143 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-ART-26 |
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