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Standard Company Name: Singer Manufacturing Company
Company Name: I.M. Singer & Co.
Title: [Advertisement for Singer sewing machines]
Imprint: [1853]
Pages: 1
Notes: Format: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Descriptive Notes: Advertisement from magazine: shows woman at early Singer sewing machine; discusses validity of patents; verso has advertisement for unrelated company.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 3 ; Folder 1 (about locations)
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Record Number: 4496

Standard Company Name: Singer Manufacturing Company
Company Name: I.M. Singer & Co.
Title: I.M. Singer & Co.'s sewing machines. / I.M. Singer and Co.'s sewing machines.
Imprint: [1863?]
Pages: 1
Notes: Format: Fliers
Model represented: Standard machine, no. 2.
Descriptive Notes: Price sheet for manufacturing sewing machines; verso is advertisement for unrelated company.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 3 ; Folder 1 (about locations)
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Record Number: 4502

Standard Company Name: Singer Manufacturing Company
Company Name: I.M. Singer & Co.
Title: [Advertisement for Singer sewing machines]
Imprint: [1854]
Pages: 1
Notes: Format: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Descriptive Notes: Image of woman using early Singer sewing machine for industrial use; includes list of branch offices.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 3 ; Folder 1 (about locations)
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Record Number: 4511

Standard Company Name: Singer Manufacturing Company
Company Name: I.M. Singer & Co.
Title: [Bill of sale for Singer Patent sewing machine]
Imprint: 1860
Pages: 1
Notes: Format: Company materials
Model represented: Standard machine, no. 2.
Descriptive Notes: $78.00 receipt for 1 Patent sewing machine model A in black walnut folding case.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 3 ; Folder 1 (about locations)
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Record Number: 4507

Standard Company Name: Singer Manufacturing Company
Company Name: I.M. Singer & Co.
Title: [Advertisement for Singer sewing machines]
Imprint: [1853]
Pages: 1
Notes: Format: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Descriptive Notes: Image of woman at early Singer sewing machine; text describes Singer's gold medal at the French Exposition; verso has advertisement for unrelated company.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 3 ; Folder 1 (about locations)
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Record Number: 4509

Standard Company Name: Singer Manufacturing Company
Company Name: I.M. Singer & Co.
Title: [Chattel Mortgage for Singer No. 2 sewing machine]
Imprint: 19th cent.
Pages: 2
Notes: Format: Company materials
Model represented: 2.
Descriptive Notes: Copy of form for Chattel mortgage for Singer sewing machine to Caroline Bol.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 3 ; Folder 2 (about locations)
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Record Number: 4563

Standard Company Name: Singer Manufacturing Company
Company Name: I.M. Singer & Co.
Title: [Advertisement for Singer patent sewing machines]
Imprint: [1853]
Pages: 2
Notes: Format: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Model represented: Singer's patent machine.
Descriptive Notes: Drawings of early Singer sewing machines; listing of branch offices; explanation of how machine helps those in manufacturing trade.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 3 ; Folder 3 (about locations)
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Record Number: 4591

Standard Company Name: Singer Manufacturing Company
Company Name: I.M. Singer & Co.
Title: [Advertisement for I.M. Singer and company's sewing machines]
Imprint: [1853]
Pages: 1
Notes: Format: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Descriptive Notes: Advertisement for Singer patent machines; listing of branch offices; verso has unrelated advertisements.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 3 ; Folder 5 (about locations)
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Record Number: 4624

Standard Company Name: Singer Manufacturing Company
Company Name: I.M. Singer & Co.
Title: [Directions for using Singer's Patent Straight Needle, Transverse Shuttle Sewing Machines]
Imprint: [Between 1850 and 1920]
Pages: 2
Notes: Format: Manuals
Model represented: Letter A.
Descriptive Notes: Photocopy of original directions for oiling, operating the treadle, and setting the needle.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 3 ; Folder 3 (about locations)
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Record Number: 4915

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