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Standard Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Title: [Trade card featuring a young boy wearing a sailor's outfit, holding flower] / Eldredge "B" sewing machine.
Imprint: [Between 1869 and 1890]
Pages: 1
Notes: Format: Trade cards
Model represented: "B".
Descriptive Notes: Young, boy with sailor's outfit, holding flowers.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 1 ; Folder 15 (about locations)
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Record Number: 462

Standard Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Title: [Trade card featuring the Eldridge sewing machine] / 50 reasons why you should buy the Eldridge "B" sewing machine.
Imprint: [Between 1888 and 1890]
Pages: 2
Notes: Format: Trade cards
Model represented: "B".
Descriptive Notes: Young girl in stockings with basket of fish.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 1 ; Folder 15 (about locations)
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Record Number: 453

Standard Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Title: [Trade card featuring a young girl sitting on covered chair playing small guitar] / 50 reasons why you should buy the Eldredge "B" sewing machine.
Imprint: [Between 1869 and 1890]
Pages: 2
Notes: Format: Trade cards
Model represented: "B".
Descriptive Notes: Young girl sitting on covered chair playing small guitar.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 1 ; Folder 15 (about locations)
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Record Number: 458

Standard Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Title: [Trade card featuring a French horn with a rope with image inside] / It leads the world the Eldridge "B" sewing machine.
Imprint: [Between 1869 and 1890]
Pages: 2
Notes: Format: Trade cards
Model represented: "B".
Descriptive Notes: French horn with rope with image inside.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 1 ; Folder 15 (about locations)
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Record Number: 455

Standard Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Title: [Trade card featuring a wealthy-looking man, smoking a cigar, sitting on sofa] / It leads the world.
Imprint: [Between 1869 and 1890]
Pages: 1
Notes: Format: Trade cards
Model represented: "B".
Descriptive Notes: Wealthy-looking man, smoking a cigar, sitting on sofa.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 1 ; Folder 15 (about locations)
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Record Number: 456

Standard Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Title: [Trade card featuring a young girl in hat and red coat carrying flowers] / 50 reasons why you should buy the Eldridge "B" sewing machine.
Imprint: [Between 1869 and 1890]
Pages: 2
Notes: Format: Trade cards
Model represented: "B".
Descriptive Notes: Young girl in hat and red coat carrying flowers.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 1 ; Folder 15 (about locations)
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Record Number: 459

Standard Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Title: [Trade card featuring a young girl in woods, painting a picture] / It leads the world.
Imprint: [Between 1869 and 1890]
Pages: 1
Notes: Format: Trade cards
Model represented: "B".
Descriptive Notes: Young girl sitting in woods, painting a picture.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 1 ; Folder 15 (about locations)
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Record Number: 461

Standard Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Title: [Trade card featuring four brown/white cats of various sizes with ribbons around their heads] / 50 reasons why you should buy the Eldredge "B" sewing machine.
Imprint: [Between 1869 and 1890]
Pages: 2
Notes: Format: Trade cards
Model represented: "B".
Descriptive Notes: Four brown/white cats of various sizes with ribbons around head.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 1 ; Folder 15 (about locations)
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Record Number: 464

Standard Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Title: The "Eldredge "sewing machines.
Imprint: [Between 1869 and 1890]
Pages: 1
Notes: Format: Trade cards
Descriptive Notes: Business card for Eldredge co. in Pennsylvania.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 1 ; Folder 15 (about locations)
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Record Number: 481

Standard Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Title: [Trade card featuring four white cats on a table looking at reflection in mirror] / 50 reasons why you should buy the Eldredge "B" sewing machine.
Imprint: [Between 1869 and 1890]
Pages: 2
Notes: Format: Trade cards
Model represented: "B".
Descriptive Notes: Two white cats on table looking at reflection in mirror.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 1 ; Folder 15 (about locations)
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Record Number: 482

Standard Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Title: [Trade card featuring four brown/white cats of various sizes with ribbons around their heads] / 50 reasons why you should buy the E. "B" sewing machine.
Imprint: [Between 1869 and 1890]
Pages: 2
Notes: Format: Trade cards
Model represented: "B".
Descriptive Notes: Four brown/white cats of various sizes with bonnets, sewing shirts.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 1 ; Folder 15 (about locations)
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Record Number: 479

Standard Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Title: [Correspondence from company with salesman discussing pricing: flyers enclosed]
Imprint: 1891
Pages: 1
Notes: Format: Company materials
Models represented: 3, 4, 5.
Descriptive Notes: (Reg. style of wood work). No.3 $18.75 - No.4 $19.75 - No.5 $20.75; (bent style wood work) No.3 $19.75 - No. $20.75 - No.5 $21.75.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 1 ; Folder 15 (about locations)
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Record Number: 480

Standard Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Title: [Trade card featuring a small boy and girl in front on sewing machine and table] / Say! This is mama's new Eldredge rotary with automatic tension.
Imprint: [Between 1869 and 1890]
Pages: 1
Notes: Format: Trade cards
Descriptive Notes: Small boy and girl in front of sewing machine and table.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 1 ; Folder 15 (about locations)
Display Scanned Item: No images available (about image availability)
Record Number: 483

Standard Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Title: [Trade card featuring a little girl at beach with a painter and man in boat by her side] / The Eldredge, the lending strictly first class sewing machine.
Imprint: [Between 1869 and 1890]
Pages: 2
Notes: Format: Trade cards
Descriptive Notes: Little girl at beach with painter and man in boat by her side.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 1 ; Folder 15 (about locations)
Display Scanned Item: No images available (about image availability)
Record Number: 484

Standard Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Company Name: Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Title: [Trade card featuring four white cats on a table looking at reflection in mirror] / It leads the world.
Imprint: [Between 1869 and 1890]
Pages: 2
Notes: Format: Trade cards
Model represented: "B".
Descriptive Notes: Two birds on branches with flowers, house scene in middle.
Smithsonian Location: NMAH. Archives Center. Warshaw. Box: 1 ; Folder 15 (about locations)
Display Scanned Item: No images available (about image availability)
Record Number: 485

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