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Title
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Trumbull, Reynolds and Allen
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Description
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Description of establishment at 419, 421 and 423 Walnut Street dealing in "Agricultural implements, Seeds, Etc." as well as sewing machines for the "farmer's wife and daughters." Business was established in 1872 by A. G. Trumbull and J. I. Reynolds.
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Date
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1879
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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American Sewing Machine
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Description
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Description of business at 1026 Main Street carrying sewing machines billed as the only machine of its kind. It had "a self-setting needle" and "self-threading shuttle."
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Date
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1879
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Bridal Trousseau
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Description
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Promotional postcard issued by the Free Sewing Machine Company of Rockford, Illinois, depicting the trousseau of a bride in the early 20th century.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 73 with People Sewing
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing seven advertising cards. Three are "Copyright 1894, by the Singer Manufacturing Co." printed by "J. Ottmann Lith. Co., N.Y." They show the following:1. Three adults and a child in a room, one using a sewing machine. Card says: "Lerwick."2. Four black men in grass skirts kneeling around a sewing machine outside. Card says: "Caroline Islands."3. A woman in traditional dress using a sewing machine. Card says: "Wurtemburg." The other cards show:1. A woman in ancient dress leaning on a wall. Lower left corner of card says: "MKCo."2. A couple with a wall of posters behind them. 3. A battle scene identified as "Arizona."4. A donkey and geese outside looking at an empty puppet theater.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
