Directions for using Singer's Patent Straight-Needle, Transverse Shuttle Sewing Machines

Directions for using Singer's Patent Straight-Needle, Transverse Shuttle Sewing Machines. The instructions note that the machine must be oiled three times a day with sperm whale oil and provide other information about setting up the machine for sewing.

Object Source & Copyright

  • Repository Smithsonian Institution
  • Collection Warshaw Collection of Business Americana - Sewing Machines, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
  • Copyright Public Domain
  • Disclaimer Courtesy of Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Behring Center, Smithsonian Institution

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  • Title Directions for using Singer's Patent Straight-Needle, Transverse Shuttle Sewing Machines
  • Keywords directions, singer, sewing, machine, patent, straight-needle, transverse, shuttle, isaac, merritt,
  • Website Name Immigrant Entrepreneurship
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  • Access Date June 5, 2023
  • Publisher German Historical Institute
  • Original Published Date
  • Date of Last Update August 9, 2018