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The first lesson, : "Use Clark's O.N.T. spool cotton."

Description: Image of a woman sitting with a young girl and teaching her how to sew on a sewing machine in an advertisement for spool cotton; table draped in cloth; a small wicker table in front of the sewing machine holds fabric, a box of Clark's Our New Thread, and a pincushion; a pair of cats plays with a spool of thread on a cushion nearby; slogan on sewing machine reads, "Clark's O.N.T. will work on any machine."
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1885-1886
Call number: priJLC_FASH_002506
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)

J. & P. Coats best six-cord spool cotton, for hand and machine

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Image of a woman with a small dog indoors in an advertisement for J. & P. Coats cotton thread; the dog is playing with a spool of thread on the floor while the woman pulls on the length of thread attached to her embroidery project that is unwinding from the spool on the floor; the room is finely furnished, including a brocade settee, patterned screens, a bearskin rug and woven rug on the floor, and an ornamental plat stand.

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Hall's celebrated double thread lock stitch sewing machine

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Please examine the weed family favorite sewing machine

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Image of an advertisement for Shaw & Clark Sewing Machine Company of Biddeford, Maine; columns flank center images of a family gathered together at home while the mother sews at a machine and Shaw & Clark factory buildings; four images of sewing machine components and tables including self sewer, baster, and hemmers at left and right; elaborate floral border.

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The Wilson shuttle sewing machine

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Image of a four-fold leaflet advertising the Wilson Sewing Machine Company of Chicago, Illinois; Wilson Shuttle sewing machines with descriptions and prices, bust length portrait of company president W. G. Wilson, and medals awarded to Wilson Sewing Machine Co. on recto; advertising text and trademark seal on verso.

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Image of an advertisement for sewing machine model number 7 manufactured by the American Button Hole, Overseaming, and Sewing Machine Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; seven styles of sewing machines with prices and descriptions; decorative floral border with roses, a waterfall, sailboat along a shoreline, eagle, horse-drawn cart on a lane, and train locomotive coming around a bend on a railroad.

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The first lesson, : "Use Clark's O.N.T. spool cotton."

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