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Nicknames of the States

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Title:
Nicknames of the States
Alternate Title:
Nicknames of the States
Collection:
Persuasive Maps: 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:
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