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American B.H.O. & Sewing Machine Co

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Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1880-1898
Call number: priJLC_HHD_002500
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)

Wheeler & Wilson's sewing machines

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Image of an advertisement for sewing machines manufactured by Wheeler & Wilson; center image of Wheeler & Wilson's New York City buildings surrounded by eight vignettes featuring six sewing machine models and two women, one sewing by hand by candlelight and one comfortably sewing with a machine.

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Shaw & Clark Sewing Machine Co. Biddeford-Maine-U.S

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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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The Howe Machine Co’s factory, Bridgeport, Ct

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Image of an eye-level view of the Howe Machine Company's sewing machine factory in Bridgeport, Connecticut, from across the water showing a sailboat and an Elias Howe Jr. steamboat ferry, horse-drawn carriages, and an American flag in foreground; coin with profile of Elias Howe, Jr. pictured at bottom center.

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The Howe Machine Co.'s sewing machine manufactory, Bridgeport, Conn

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Image of four eye-level views of Howe Machine Company sewing machine factories surrounded by busy streets, ferries, and carriages; coin with profile of Elias Howe, Jr. at center left.

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Grover & Baker's sewing machines

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Image of an advertisement for sewing machines manufactured by Grover & Baker of Boston, Massachusetts; woman seated in a tufted chair sewing with a machine.

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