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Bill of sale to Mrs. Reynolds of Hoosick, New York, for a Singer Patent Perpendicular-Acting Sewing Machine in a black-walnut folding case

An 1860 bill of sale to Mrs. Reynolds of Hoosick, New York, for a Singer Patent Perpendicular-Acting Sewing Machine in…

Clubhouse Dining Room, Wayne Knitting Mills

Page from the March 1918 issue of Wayne Knit Rav-lings: The Voice of the Wayne Knit Community. An employee newsletter,…

Clubhouse Library, Wayne Knitting Mills

Page from the March 1918 issue of Wayne Knit Rav-lings: The Voice of the Wayne Knit Community. An employee newsletter,…

Cone, Herman’s Account Book

Even after Herman Cone opened his dry goods store in Jonesborough, Tennessee, he and his business partner Jakob Adler continued…

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…

Singer advertisement with brief history of the company

Singer advertisement with brief history of the company from the Virginia Enterprise, December 20, 1901, np.

Singer Sewing Machines advertisement highlighting the growth in sales during the past decade and the firm’s awards at various fairs and expositions

Advertisement for Singer sewing machines highlighting the growth in sales during the past decade and the firm’s awards at various…

Singer, Isaac M.'s patent (no. 8,294) for his "improvement in sewing-machines"

Isaac M. Singer's 1851 patent (no. 8,294) for his "improvement in sewing-machines." The application includes illustrations of the mechanism that…

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