| Company Name: | |
| Title: | Directions. / The different parts of these machines are made by machinery, in the most perfect manner. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1860 and 1880], [S.l.], Curtis and Simonds, printers |
| Pages: | 4 |
| Notes: | |
| Descriptive Notes: | Directions for threading and oiling the machine; possibly called New England or Common Sense machine. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 2 : Folder 3 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 720 |
| Company Name: | |
| Title: | Instructions for using this hemstitching and picoting attachment. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1920 and 1959], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 16 |
| Notes: | |
| Descriptive Notes: | Hemstitching; picoting. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 7 : Folder 1 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 217 |
| Company Name: | |
| Title: | Directions for using this set of instructions. |
| Imprint: | 1948, [S.l.], B & S, Inc. |
| Pages: | 23 |
| Notes: |
Models represented: Hemmer, edgestitcher, underbraider, tucker, binding, ruffler, quilter. |
| Descriptive Notes: | |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 7 : Folder 1 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 218 |
| Company Name: | C.G. Akam |
| Title: | The ne plus ultra prices of sewing machines to dealers and jobbers who wholesale machines or buy in quantities of C.G. Akam. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1863 and 1889], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 6 |
| Notes: | |
| Descriptive Notes: | Short information about various models (New York Singer, Philadelphia Singer, Akam Singer), prices, extra sheet equals front and back cover of the pamphlet (title and images). |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 18 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 2697 |
| Company Name: | American Button-Hole, Overseaming, and Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | See what we have here; the only button-hole making and sewing machine combined that has made its advent in this or any country invite's the attention of manufacturers of shoes. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1870 and 1874], [S.l.], Rue and Jones Printer; 108 South Third Street |
| Pages: | 1 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Philadelphia, PA Models represented: Combination, shuttle or lock stitch and overseaming and button hole machine. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Page taken from book or magazine advertising the American combination machine. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 793 |
| Company Name: | American Button-Hole, Overseaming, and Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | [Flier featuring a picture of a woman in formal dress sitting at a sewing machine] |
| Imprint: | 1874, [S.l.], Potsdamer and Companies Printers; 321 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia |
| Pages: | 2 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Philadelphia, PA |
| Descriptive Notes: | Features a woman in formal dress sitting at a sewing machine. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 795 |
| Company Name: | American Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | Illustrated price list of the American Sewing Machine. / The simplest, most durable, and best sewing machine in the world. |
| Imprint: | [1873], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 16 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Philadelphia, PA Models represented: Plain American Sewing Machine, No. 1, plain table, drop leaf table, base table, half cabinet, folding table, three quarter cabinet, full cabinet No. 8, full cabinet No. 10. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Catalog showing variety of cabinets available for the American No. 1 and No. 2 machines. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 790 |
| Company Name: | American Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | When you purchase a sewing machine, buy the best. / None will so thoroughly suit you as the improved American. |
| Imprint: | [1876], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 1 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Philadelphia, PA |
| Descriptive Notes: | Picture of machine; list of 21 advantages to using the American Sewing machine. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 789 |
| Company Name: | Samuel Barker and Thomas White |
| Title: | Brattleboro sewing machine. / New patented single thread family machine. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1858 and 1861], [S.l.], Selleck, Steam Printer |
| Pages: | 6 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Brattleboro, VT Model represented: New single thread machine. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Instructions, diagrams, and images of machines in use. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 800 |
| Company Name: | Bartlett Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | Bartlett's reversible sewing machines are the cheapest, reliable, licensed machines. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1870 and 1876], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 1 |
| Notes: |
Company address: New York, NY |
| Descriptive Notes: | Picture of hand-powered and foot-powered machine with price ($25.00). |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 798 |
| Company Name: | A.H. Beebe and Company |
| Title: | Rose's embroidery needle attachment to all sewing machines. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1869 and 1876], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 1 |
| Notes: | |
| Descriptive Notes: | Directions for installing attachment. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 5 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 539 |
| Company Name: | F.O. Berg (Firm) |
| Title: | F.O. Berg's improved pulling device. |
| Imprint: | [1902], Spokane, WA, F.O. Berg |
| Pages: | 4 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Spokane, WA Model represented: An attachment - pulling device. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Picture of the F.O. Berg pulling device attached to a Union Special Sewing Machine. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 820 |
| Company Name: | Brosius Sewing Machine and Motor Company |
| Title: | Brosius Sewing Machine and Motor Company. |
| Imprint: | [1893], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 16 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Chicago, IL |
| Descriptive Notes: | History of Brosius company, pictures of machine and plant; picture of factory in St. Charles, IL; map of Chicago Great Western Railroad (p. 14); picture of Fox River, near factory in St. Charles, IL (p. 16). |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 799 |
| Company Name: | Centennial Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | The Centennial Sewing Machine. / New elastic lock stitch family sewing machine. |
| Imprint: | [1876], Phila., PA, Ringwalt & Brown |
| Pages: | 2 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Philadelphia, PA Model represented: Elastic lock-stitch. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Picture of woman sewing by hand, entitled "Sewing in 1776' and a picture of a woman sewing at a machine "Sewing in 1876". |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 806 |
| Company Name: | A. Coulter and Company |
| Title: | Trade price list of standard Singer sewing machines. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1865 and 1883], Chicago, A. Coulter Co. |
| Pages: | 12 |
| Notes: | |
| Descriptive Notes: | Needles and supplies list, images of sewing machine stands, information about A. Coulter Co. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 18 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 2715 |
| Company Name: | Cowles |
| Title: | The Revolution acknowledged. / The success of Cowles Sewing Machine Treadle Universal |
| Imprint: | [Between 1869 and 1876], New York, NY, [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 1 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Granby, CT Agent information: Holmes and Company, NY |
| Descriptive Notes: | Treadle "all physicians endorse it". |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 5 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 531 |
| Company Name: | Crown Sewing Machines and Organs |
| Title: | [Trade card featuring a Crown sewing machine no. 6] |
| Imprint: | [Between 1860 and 1899], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 2 |
| Notes: |
Model represented: 6. Agent information: Geo. P. Bent, Chicago, Ill. and Kansas City, Mo. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Trade card featuring Crown sewing machine no. 6, list of advantages on back. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 18 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 2692 |
| Company Name: | Demorest Manufacturing Company |
| Title: | Demorest Sewing Machine Company. |
| Imprint: | [1891], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 2 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Plattsburgh, NY Models represented: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Price lists; testimonials; attachments. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder Demorest |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 807 |
| Company Name: | Domestic Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | The Domestic sewing machine without a teacher. / Illustrated instructions for quickly and easily learning the use of the machine and the attachments. |
| Imprint: | [1880], New York, NY, Domestic Sewing Machine Company |
| Pages: | 52 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Norwalk, OH |
| Descriptive Notes: | Illustrated instructions. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 874 |
| Company Name: | Domestic Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | The Domestic Sewing Machine. / Desk model used as a utility table. |
| Imprint: | [1930], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 4 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Norwalk, OH Models represented: Console model, desk model. Agent information: Lansburgh and Brothers; 7th-8th- E Strs; Wash. DC |
| Descriptive Notes: | Pictures of Domestic Sewing Machine consoles, showing varied use for the console when the machine is closed. Cover: elegantly dressed woman looking in a mirror with a closed console in the foreground. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 816 |
| Company Name: | Domestic Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | Domestic rotary electric. |
| Imprint: | [1930], [S.l.], Domestic Sewing Machine Company |
| Pages: | 12 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Norwalk, OH Models represented: Domestic Rotary electric, console, desk, portable, cabinet, treadle. Agent information: Lansburgh and Brothers; 7th-8th-e Strs; Wash, DC |
| Descriptive Notes: | Cover shows an elegantly dressed woman looking in a mirror with a closed console in the foreground. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 817 |
| Company Name: | Domestic Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | The Domestic Sewing Machine Company of New York / The star that leads them all. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1869 and 1906], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 16 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Norwalk, OH Models represented: 1 - 6 (family), 9 - leather, 10 - cloth manufacturing, ruffler, binder, tucker, under-braider, feller. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Drawings showing hemming and sewing lace. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 814 |
| Company Name: | Domestic Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | Domestic. / Star that leads them all. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1869 and 1906], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 8 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Norwalk, OH Models represented: 1, 2, 3, 4. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Detailed picture of each type of Domestic machine. |
| Physical Location: | Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Box: Domestic : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 64 |
| Company Name: | Domestic Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | Domestic sewing machine is the best of all. / 50 points of superiority. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1870 and 1874], [S.l.], Kennard and Hay Stationary Manufacturing and Printing Company |
| Pages: | 1 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Norwalk, OH |
| Descriptive Notes: | 50 points about Domestic Sewing Machine that make it superior to all other machines. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 808 |
| Company Name: | Domestic Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | The New "Domestic" Family and Manufacturing Sewing Machines. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1871 and 1872], [S.l.], Kennard and Hay Stationary Manufacturing and Printing Company |
| Pages: | 4 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Norwalk, OH |
| Descriptive Notes: | Picture of sewing machine stands; descriptions of gathering attachments call for new agents to sell Domestic machines. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 810 |
| Company Name: | Domestic Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | Domestic is durable. / The best machine to use and the easiest to sell. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1871 and 1872], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 4 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Norwalk, OH Models represented: Cabinet folding top table, folding case table, fancy stand table. |
| Descriptive Notes: | List of attachments; list of leading points about the Domestic Sewing machine. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 812 |
| Company Name: | Domestic Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | [Flier for Domestic Sewing Machine Company] |
| Imprint: | [Between 1871 and 1872], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 4 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Norwalk, OH |
| Descriptive Notes: | Incomplete (pages missing); picture of folding case table; picture of leather machine table. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 811 |
| Company Name: | Domestic Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | The Domestic. / Simplicity and perfect construction. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1871 and 1872], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 4 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Norwalk, OH Models represented: Half case machine, plain machine. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Description and prices for plain machine, half case machine. Advantages of Domestic machine. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 813 |
| Company Name: | Domestic Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | Light running Domestic. / It makes the lock stitch with the least and simple machinery. |
| Imprint: | 1871, [S.l.], Kennard and Hay Stationary Manufacturing and Printing Company |
| Pages: | 1 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Norwalk, OH |
| Descriptive Notes: | Description of the human energy saved by using the Domestic because it is light running. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 809 |
| Company Name: | Domestic Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | Domestic almanac for 1881. / Profusely illustrated. |
| Imprint: | 1881, New York, NY, Domestic Sewing Machine Company |
| Pages: | 45 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Norwalk, OH |
| Descriptive Notes: | Advertisements; stories and fairy tales. Sewing machines shown in image 37. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 815 |
| Company Name: | Elliptic Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | Elliptic lock stitch sewing machine. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1870 and 1876], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 12 |
| Notes: |
Company address: New York, NY Models represented: 1 plain top, 2 quarter case, half case, 3 half case (2 versions), 4 cabinet machines. Agent information: D.E. Rice; 920 Arch Street, Phil., PA |
| Descriptive Notes: | Price list for the Elliptic, advertisements for the Elliptic. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 818 |
| Company Name: | English Singer Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | The English Singer Sewing Machine Co. manufacture the best and finest finished sewing machines ever offered to the public. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1865 and 1883], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 6 |
| Notes: |
Models represented: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Agent information: A.J. Brill, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Descriptive Notes: | Information about models nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; prices, images of models, list of advantages. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 18 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 2686 |
| Company Name: | Erie Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | Erie Family Sewing Machine. / Manufactured for the company by their employees in New England, embracing a large corps of the most skillful workers in iron and brass to be found in the United States. |
| Imprint: | [1860], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 4 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Milan, OH |
| Descriptive Notes: | Ad for Erie Family Sewing machine. |
| Physical Location: | Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Box: Erie : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 774 |
| Company Name: | Farmer and Gardner Manufacturing Company |
| Title: | The Springfields sewing machine. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1860 and 1890], Springfield, Mass., Powers Paper Co. |
| Pages: | 16 |
| Notes: |
Models represented: 1, 2, 3, 4. Agent information: H.B. Goodrich, Chicago |
| Descriptive Notes: | Information about and images of models, information about attachments, prices, warranty. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 18 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 2700 |
| Company Name: | Fessenden and Company |
| Title: | Dr. Sapp's improved walking motion treadle for sewing machines. |
| Imprint: | [ca. 1872], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 8 |
| Notes: | |
| Descriptive Notes: | Testimonials about walking motion treadle for sewing machines. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 5 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 537 |
| Company Name: | Florence Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | [Advertisement from Harper's Monthly, August 1866] / Florence lock-stitch sewing machines. |
| Imprint: | 1866, [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 1 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Florence, MA |
| Descriptive Notes: | List of principal Florence Sewing Machine Company agencies. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 823 |
| Company Name: | Florence Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | Florence advocate; extra. / Low prices and cash sales. |
| Imprint: | 1873, [S.l.], Florence Sewing Machine Company |
| Pages: | 2 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Florence, MA Models represented: Back feed machine, ornamental machine. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Features pictures of machines with prices. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 845 |
| Company Name: | Florence Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | Directions for using the Florence sewing machine. |
| Imprint: | 1878, [S.l.], Gazette Printing Company |
| Pages: | 16 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Florence, MA |
| Descriptive Notes: | Picture of Florence Sewing Machine Company plant on cover; instructions; line drawings demonstrating using attachments. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 822 |
| Company Name: | Foxboro Manufacturing Company |
| Title: | 1500 shares. / Par value $100. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1885 and 1887], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 1 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Foxboro, MA |
| Descriptive Notes: | 1,500 shares of stock, par value $100, in Foxboro Manufacturing Company; form is unused; (Foxboro was bought by Rotary Shuttle Sewing Machine Company). |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 2 : Folder 5 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 738 |
| Company Name: | Foxboro Manufacturing Company |
| Title: | Foxboro Manufacturing Company of Foxboro, Massachusetts. |
| Imprint: | 1885, Boston, MA, Tolman and White, Printer |
| Pages: | 12 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Foxboro, MA |
| Descriptive Notes: | Foxboro Manufacturing Company history. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 2 : Folder 5 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 742 |
| Company Name: | Free Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | The Free sewing machine catalogue of sewing machine sundries and supplies; Edition number 10. / Catalog of supplies, accessories and parts for all makes of family machines. |
| Imprint: | 1917, Chicago, Ill, A.D. Weinthrop & Co. |
| Pages: | 41 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Rockford, IL |
| Descriptive Notes: | Prices of tools, parts, needles, shuttles, oil, etc. |
| Physical Location: | Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Box: Free : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 773 |
| Company Name: | French Manufacturing Company |
| Title: | Ladies all say that French's patent self supporting drop leaf table extension is the most useful attachment yet introduced for machines. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1869 and 1876], New York, NY, [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 1 |
| Notes: | |
| Descriptive Notes: | Drop leaf extension table. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 5 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 530 |
| Company Name: | Fuller & Barnum's |
| Title: | New tuck creaser and self sewer. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1867 and 1869], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 1 |
| Notes: | Agent information: L.W. Barnum |
| Descriptive Notes: | Description of attachment for Fuller and Barnum sewing machine. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 5 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 544 |
| Company Name: | Fuller & Barnum's |
| Title: | New tuck creaser and self sewer. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1867 and 1869], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 1 |
| Notes: | Agent information: L.W. Barnum |
| Descriptive Notes: | Description of attachment for Fuller and Barnum sewing machine. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 5 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 543 |
| Company Name: | H.B. Goodrich |
| Title: | Reduced price list from H.B. Goodrich manufacturer of the Goodrich machine and dealer in all kinds of parts, attachments, oils, needles, etc. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1880 and 1885], Chicago, Dunn and Heggie |
| Pages: | 11 |
| Notes: |
Models represented: Goodrich self-threading machine. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Price list for needles, attachments, oils; advertisements for catalogs and attachments. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 18 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 2699 |
| Company Name: | H.B. Goodrich |
| Title: | [Trade catalog for various models of various companies] |
| Imprint: | [Between 1880 and 1885], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 10 |
| Notes: | |
| Descriptive Notes: | Price and parts lists, advertising different catalogs and Goodrich machines. Cover is missing. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 18 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 2687 |
| Company Name: | Greist Manufacturing Company |
| Title: | Greist Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of improved Singer sewing machines. / Greist Manufacturing Co. improved Singer. |
| Imprint: | [1879], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 16 |
| Notes: |
Models represented: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Information about factory, models, agent recruitment, warranty, price list, images of models. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 18 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 2704 |
| Company Name: | Greist Manufacturing Company |
| Title: | Instructions covering the use of rotary buttonhole attachments by Greist. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1930 and 1959], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 15 |
| Notes: |
Company address: New Haven, CT Models represented: Buttonhole attachments. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Diagram, instructions. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 7 : Folder 1 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 216 |
| Company Name: | Greist Manufacturing Company |
| Title: | Greist Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of improved Singer sewing machines. / Greist Manufacturing Co. improved Singer. |
| Imprint: | 1879, [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 25 |
| Notes: |
Models represented: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Information about and images of Greist sewing machines, prices, agent recruitment, letter to agent about special discounts on extra sheet. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 18 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 2710 |
| Company Name: | Greist Manufacturing Company |
| Title: | How to use Greist attachments. |
| Imprint: | 1957, New Haven, CT, Greist Manufacturing Company |
| Pages: | 31 |
| Notes: |
Company address: New Haven, CT Models represented: Foot attachment, gather foot, quilter, hemmer, edge stitcher, ruffler, multiple slotted binder. |
| Descriptive Notes: | How to use Greist attachments. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 7 : Folder 1 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 215 |
| Company Name: | Grover and Baker Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | Grover and Baker's sewing machines. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1860 and 1876], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 12 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Boston, MA Models represented: 1, 9, 23, 24, 25, 27. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Price list; pictures of each machine. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 1 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 859 |
| Company Name: | Grover and Baker Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | Seams of the leading sewing machines illustrated and compared. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1861 and 1876], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 12 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Boston, MA Models represented: 13, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Cloth with stitching samples included in piece. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 1 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 852 |
| Company Name: | Grover and Baker Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | Grover and Baker's improved lock-stitch sewing machine. / No. 9, simple, durable, light running, rapid, easily operated. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1869 and 1876], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 2 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Boston, MA Model represented: 9. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Testimonials. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 1 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 858 |
| Company Name: | Grover and Baker Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | Patent sewing machine adapted to sewing leather and all kinds of cloth. |
| Imprint: | 1853, [S.l.], Washington Clapp |
| Pages: | 23 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Boston, MA Models represented: A, B, C, D, E, spooling machine. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Testimonials; price lists; description of Grover and Baker Company machine's unique features. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 1 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 851 |
| Company Name: | Howe Machine Co. |
| Title: | The Howe sewing machine instructor. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1867 and 1886], [S.l.], Howe Machine Company |
| Pages: | 32 |
| Notes: |
Company address: New York, NY Model represented: New family. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Instructions for using Howe sewing machine and attachments. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 2 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 870 |
| Company Name: | Howe Machine Co. |
| Title: | Instruction book for the new B machine. / Manufactured by the Howe Machine Company. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1867 and 1886], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 24 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Bridgeport, CT Model represented: B Machine. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Instructions for using the Howe B sewing machine and attachments. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 2 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 864 |
| Company Name: | Howe Machine Co. |
| Title: | History of the sewing machine, by James Parton. |
| Imprint: | [ca. 1867], [S.l.], Inquirer Printing House and Bindery |
| Pages: | 32 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Boston, MA Models represented: First sewing machine (invented by Elias Howe), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-A, 6-B, 7, 8, 9, 10, B, C. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Final pages have line drawings of machines. Originally appeared in Atlantic Monthly, May 1867. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 2 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 866 |
| Company Name: | Howe Machine Co. |
| Title: | Original Howe sewing machine. / This medallion is embedded in every genuine Howe sewing machine. |
| Imprint: | 1867, [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 22 |
| Notes: |
Company address: New York, NY |
| Descriptive Notes: | Pictures of Howe sewing machines; description of sewing techniques. |
| Physical Location: | Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Box: Howe : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 78 |
| Company Name: | Howe Machine Co. |
| Title: | Instruction book for the Howe Sewing Machine Step Feed. |
| Imprint: | 1867, New York, NY, Howe Machine Company |
| Pages: | 20 |
| Notes: |
Company address: New York, NY |
| Descriptive Notes: | Detailed line drawings of parts; directions for use with detailed line drawings. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 2 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 863 |
| Company Name: | Howe Machine Co. |
| Title: | Howe exhibition catalogue of sewing machine cases. / This beautiful catalogue .. expressly for the Centennial Exhibition. |
| Imprint: | 1876, [S.l.], Corlies, Macy, and Company |
| Pages: | 32 |
| Notes: |
Company address: New York, NY |
| Descriptive Notes: | Brief history of the sewing machine and its inventor, Elias Howe Jr. Line drawings of sewing machine tables and cases; cover picture features a statue of Howe with exposition buildings in the background; Worlds Fair. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 2 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 861 |
| Company Name: | Howe Machine Co. |
| Title: | The Howe Machine Co. illustrated almanac for 1881. |
| Imprint: | 1881, New York, NY, Howe Machine Company |
| Pages: | 30 |
| Notes: |
Company address: New York, NY Model represented: New B machine, D machine. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Almanac for 1881; contains trade catalog for the New B Machine, Howe Machine Company. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 2 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 867 |
| Company Name: | Howe Machine Co. |
| Title: | The Howe Machine Co's illustrated almanac for 1882. |
| Imprint: | 1882, New York, NY, Howe Machine Company |
| Pages: | 34 |
| Notes: |
Company address: New York, NY Model represented: Letter B machine. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Almanac for 1882; contains a trade catalog for the Letter B Machine. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 2 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 869 |
| Company Name: | Howe Machine Co. |
| Title: | Howe Machine Company's illustrated alphabet machine poetry. |
| Imprint: | 1883, [S.l.], J.B. Thomas, New York |
| Pages: | 37 |
| Notes: |
Company address: New York, NY Models represented: First sewing machine. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Picture of the first sewing machine from 1845; poems about sewing machines corresponding with each letter of the alphabet; pictures of the Howe machine. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 2 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 862 |
| Company Name: | Howe Machine Co. |
| Title: | [Business card for Howe Sewing Machine agent, Augustus H. Tennis] |
| Imprint: | 1894, New York, NY, [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 1 |
| Notes: |
Company address: New York, NY Agent information: Augustus H. Tennis |
| Descriptive Notes: | Orange-colored business card. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 2 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 865 |
| Company Name: | Ideal Stitcher and Manufacturing Company |
| Title: | Ideal Stitcher and their applications. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1910 and 1940], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 16 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Racine, WI Models represented: Straight arm, bottom, inverted head, corner, double staple, angle. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Pictures and descriptions of stitches. |
| Physical Location: | Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Box: Ideal : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 61 |
| Company Name: | Independent Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | Independent noiseless family sewing machine. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1873 and 1876], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 1 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Binghamton, NY Model represented: Family machine. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Flier for Independent Noiseless machine recruiting for agents suggests interested parties stop by the exhibition stand at the Franklin Institute. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 3 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 871 |
| Company Name: | Independent Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | Independent noiseless family sewing machine. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1873 and 1876], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 12 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Binghamton, NY Models represented: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Line drawings of No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 6; advertisements. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 1 : Folder 3 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 872 |
| Company Name: | Johnson, Flanders and Company |
| Title: | Johnson, Flanders and Co., manufacturers of the Crescent sewing machine. / Johnson, Flanders and Co.'s new family sewing machine. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1865 and 1883], [S.l.], Houston |
| Pages: | 16 |
| Notes: |
Models represented: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Agent information: Crescent Sewing Machine Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Descriptive Notes: | Information about and images of models, prices. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 18 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 2691 |
| Company Name: | June Manufacturing Company |
| Title: | June Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of the new and greatly improved Singer sewing machine. |
| Imprint: | 1884, Chicago, P.L. Hanscom and Co. |
| Pages: | 16 |
| Notes: |
Models represented: 3, 4, 7, 11. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Information about the models and the company, images of models, testimonials. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 18 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 2694 |
| Company Name: | Konig and Company |
| Title: | Price current of the Konig Singer sewing machine manufactory. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1865 and 1889], Kaiserslautern, Germany, Ph. Rohr |
| Pages: | 16 |
| Notes: |
Models represented: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Information about and images of the models, guarantee certificate, blank price current. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 18 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 2696 |
| Company Name: | Ladd, Webster, and Company |
| Title: | Ladd Webster and Company's improved tight stitch sewing machines. |
| Imprint: | 1861, Philadelphia, E. Ketterlinus |
| Pages: | 28 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Philadelphia Models represented: 1, 2, 3, 4, E machine |
| Descriptive Notes: | Testimonials; list of fairs at which company and machines won awards; drawings and prices of machines. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 2 : Folder 1 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 714 |
| Company Name: | Landis Machine Company |
| Title: | Landis Machine Company, manufacturers of the Landis wax thread lockstitch sewing machine. / For sewing leather in all its branches. |
| Imprint: | 1893, St Louis, Missouri, Landis Machine Company |
| Pages: | 43 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Saint Louis, MO Agent information: P.E. Nichols, 40 Fiske St., Waltham, Mass. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Drawing of machine; testimonials arranged by state; "Highest diploma and medal awarded at World's Columbian Exposition, 1893". |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 2 : Folder 1 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 713 |
| Company Name: | C.M. Linington and Bro. |
| Title: | Illustrated catalogue and jobbing price list from C.M. Livingston and Bro., Manufacturers and Importers of [s]ewing machine and hand needles. |
| Imprint: | 1874, [S.l.], Ezra A. Cook and Co. |
| Pages: | 24 |
| Notes: | |
| Descriptive Notes: | Information about and images of attachments, price lists, address "To the trade". |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 18 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 2689 |
| Company Name: | Marshall and Company |
| Title: | Price list of Marshall and Co.'s patent linen threads. |
| Imprint: | 1878, [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 4 |
| Notes: | Agent information: George A. Clark and Brother, New York |
| Descriptive Notes: | Price list of threads, information about awards won by the products. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 18 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 2693 |
| Company Name: | Merrow Machine Company |
| Title: | Catalogue, the Merrow Machine Company. / Manufacturers of high speed overedge overseaming and shell stitch machines. |
| Imprint: | 1906, [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 48 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Hartford, CT Models represented: 15 plain crochet machine, blanket hemming and edging machine, scallop or shell stitch machine, 40, 50 three thread edge finishing machine, 60 high speed trimming and overseaming, 60S, 60K, 60U, cutter grinder. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Pictures of work done by various machines. View of machines in a factory setting. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 2 : Folder 2 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 718 |
| Company Name: | Merrow Machine Company |
| Title: | Instructions for setting up and operating the Merrow high speed trimming and overseaming sewing machines. / Class 60. |
| Imprint: | 1922, Hartford, CT, Merrow Machine Company |
| Pages: | 50 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Hartford, CT Model represented: 60 class. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Instructions, diagrams, images of machines in use. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 2 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 766 |
| Company Name: | Merrow Machine Company |
| Title: | Catalogue of the Merrow Machine Company. / High speed trimming and overseaming, overedging, and shell stitch machines. |
| Imprint: | 1926, Hartford, CT, Merrow Machine Company |
| Pages: | 72 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Hartford, CT Models represented: 15F, 18A, 22F, 35FJ, 35FJT, 60D, 60AD, 60BD, 60AB, 60B, 60ED, 60JD, 60Q, 60S, 60ABW, 60SS, 60UD, 60U. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Company history of Merrow Machine Company; pictures of machines in use in factory. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 2 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 767 |
| Company Name: | Merrow Machine Company |
| Title: | [Three stitch samples] |
| Imprint: | 1927, [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 12 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Hartford, CT Models represented: 60U, 60UB, 60Q, 60ABB, 60F. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Actual examples of sample stitches made using Merrow Machine Company machines; cover features picture of machine. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 2 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 764 |
| Company Name: | Merrow Machine Company |
| Title: | [One stitch samples] |
| Imprint: | 1927, [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 4 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Hartford, CT |
| Descriptive Notes: | Actual examples of sample stitches made using Merrow Machine Company machines cover features picture of machine. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 2 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 765 |
| Company Name: | Merrow Machine Company |
| Title: | [Three stitch samples] |
| Imprint: | 1927, [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 12 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Hartford, CT Models represented: 35FJ, 35F, 60HD, hoD, 15F, 17F, 60BE, 60E, 18, 18A, 27F, 60B, 60AD. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Actual examples of sample stitches made using Merrow Machine Company machines; cover features picture of machine. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 2 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 762 |
| Company Name: | Merrow Machine Company |
| Title: | [Three stitch samples] |
| Imprint: | 1927, [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 12 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Hartford, CT Models represented: 60F, 60BW, 60AB, 35FJ, 35F, 60U, 60W. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Actual examples of sample stitches made using Merrow Machine Company machines; cover features picture of machine. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 2 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 763 |
| Company Name: | Merrow Machine Company |
| Title: | [Three stitch samples] |
| Imprint: | 1927, [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 12 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Hartford, CT Models represented: 60Q, 60UD, 60S, 60HD, 60WD. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Actual examples of sample stitches made using Merrow Machine Company machines; cover features picture of machine. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 2 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 760 |
| Company Name: | Merrow Machine Company |
| Title: | [Three stitch samples] |
| Imprint: | 1927, [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 12 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Hartford, CT Models represented: 60WD, 60HD, 60UD, 35F, 35FJ. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Actual examples of sample stitches made using Merrow Machine Company machines; cover features picture of machine. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 2 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 757 |
| Company Name: | Metropolitan Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | Instruction book of care, operation, and adjustment of the various machines. / Manufactured by the Metropolitan Sewing Machine Company. |
| Imprint: | 1910, New York, NY, Press of Robert L. Stillson Company |
| Pages: | 100 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Nyack, NY Agent information: Lucius N. Littauer; Nyack, New York |
| Descriptive Notes: | Illustrated price list; instructions for various Metropolitan Sewing Machine Company machines; machine parts. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 2 : Folder 2 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 719 |
| Company Name: | James Morrison and Company |
| Title: | Morrison Perfection wire stitching machine no. 5-A. / Perfection by name; perfection in performance. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1900 and 1934], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 2 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Niagara Falls, NY Model represented: 5-A. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Picture of machine and description of features. |
| Physical Location: | Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Box: J.L. Morrison : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 77 |
| Company Name: | James Morrison and Company |
| Title: | Morrison Perfection foot power bottom stitcher. / Product of Harris Seybold Potter. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1910 and 1940], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 4 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Niagara Falls, NY |
| Descriptive Notes: | Description of features of Morrison Stitcher. |
| Physical Location: | Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Box: J.L. Morrison : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 60 |
| Company Name: | James Morrison and Company |
| Title: | Patent sewing machine fan. / Work and comfort combined. |
| Imprint: | 1870, [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 3 |
| Notes: | |
| Descriptive Notes: | Fan attachment, used with machine. Fan operated by machine's power. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 5 : Folder 0 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 532 |
| Company Name: | National Sewing Machine Company |
| Title: | Western Electric: No 2. / Portable sewing machine. |
| Imprint: | [Between 1890 and 1929], [S.l.], [s.n.] |
| Pages: | 40 |
| Notes: |
Company address: Belvidere, IL Model represented: 2. |
| Descriptive Notes: | Instructions for using No. 2 Western Electric; diagram of machine No. 2 Western Electric. |
| Physical Location: | NMAH. Textiles Collection. Box: 4 : Folder 2 |
| Item Image Available: | Display Scanned Item: 603 |