Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Nicknames of the States
- Title:
- Nicknames of the States
- Alternate Title:
- Nicknames of the States
- Collection:
- Persuasive Cartography: The PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- H.W. Hill & Co.
- Other Creators:
- W. Mackowitz, engraver; Trowbridge & Petford, designer
- Date:
- 1884
- Posted Date:
- 2017-04-14
- ID Number:
- 2240.01
- File Name:
- PJM_2240_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1870 - 1899
- Subject:
- Advertising & Promotion
Pictorial
Satirical
- Measurement:
- 31 x 56 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- A promotional map for H.W. Hill & Co., "sole manufacturers of Hill's Hog Ringers, Hill's Triangular Rings, Calf and Cow Weaners, Stock Markers & c." Each state is shown with a nickname and a hog illustration related to the nickname. The California "Gold Hunter" hog, for example, wields a pick and shovel. A well-dressed pig at the lower left carries the tools of Hill's trade, while the pig at the lower right is dressed as a clown.
Some of the nicknames are familiar to sports fans today: Jayhawker, Gopher, Badger, Wolverine, Hoosier, Buckeye, Tarheel. But others are a modern puzzle: Texas Beef Head? Nebraska Bug Eater? Missouri Puke? Illinois Sucker? Alabama Lizard? South Carolina Weasel? Florida Fly Up the Creek?
Provenance: Jonathan Bulkley Collection of Advertising Signs & Broadsides. The map is undated; the Library of Congress dates it c.1884.
For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact
- Repository:
- Private Collection of PJ Mode
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.
