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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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  • Wheeler & Wilson's sewing machines

    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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  • American B.H.O. & Sewing Machine Co

    American B.H.O. & Sewing Machine Co

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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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  • Hall's celebrated double thread lock stitch sewing machine

    Hall's celebrated double thread lock stitch sewing machine

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    Image of a single-fold leaflet advertising Hall's celebrated double thread lock stitch sewing machine; image of the sewing machine with advertising text and testimonials on recto; description and press excerpts on verso.

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  • The Howe sewing machine

    The Howe sewing machine

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    Image of an advertisement for sewing machines made by the Howe Machine Company of Boston, Massachusetts and sold by agent C.W. Knapp; center image of the Howe Machine Co. building and storefront with four models of sewing machines pictured in the corners, including the "original" and "cylinder" options; coin with profile of Elias Howe, Jr. pictured above building at center.

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  • Grover & Baker's sewing machines

    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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