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  Accession Number:2004-44
Accession Date:
Condition:good
Location:Springfield Wagon Box in Curator Office
Keywords:Springfield Wagon Company, poster, advertisement, lithograph, horses, women, men, wagon, The Old Reliable, spokes, tires
Area of Origin:Detroit
Period:ca 1870
Category:Advertising Medium
Object:Poster
Maker:Calvert Lith Co
Description/History:A color poster advertising the Springfield Wagon Company. The poster appears to be a lithograph with a watercolor background. The Springfield wagon and it's inhabitants continue to race by as the Arkansas wagon has lost it's wheels and inhabitants after driving over a fallen tree. The poster reads: "Always Use The Old Reliable Springfield Wagon. The Only Wagon with Second Growth Spokes and Steel Tire." Too large to scan, see copy of poster displayed in the permanent exhibit.
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