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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
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Title
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Singer Mfg. Co., The
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Description
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Advertising card for The Singer Manufacturing Co. showing four men with a Singer sewing machine. Front of card says: "India." Front lower left corner says: "J. Ottmann Lith. Co. N.Y." Back of card gives a geographical description of India and its people beginning and ending: "India. An extensive Empire of the British Crown, consisting of the Great Southern Peninsula of Southern Asia,.."."."" Under British Rule India is making rapid strides in modern civilization. Our picture represents the Singer Manufacturing Company's Native Employees in their usual costume. The Singer Sewing Machine has been a factor in helping the people of India toward a better civilization for nearly twenty years, and thousands of them are in use.." Address given on back of card:
305 & 307 E. 12th St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Singer Manufacturing Co., The
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Description
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Advertising card for The Singer Manufacturing Co. showing a bird building a nest, "The Earliest Singer," and a woman and little girl with a sewing machine, "The Latest Singer." Front of card tells the story of the "Tailor Bird of India" which sews leaves together to make its nest. Front lower right corner says: "J. Ottmann Lith. Co. Puck Bldg. New York." Back of card says "Seven Truths" followed by advertising copy including: "It is true .."."." That it is inhuman to barter away the health and happiness of your wife and daughter, for the few dollars, apparently saved in buying a cheap, heavy running, worthless machine. That manhood .."." demands that woman be provided with the very latest and best labor-saving devices .."."." That you will never be haunted by sad remorse for a wrong inflicted, if you buy for your wife, daughter or sweetheart, the New Light-Running Singer.." Address given on back of card:
305-307 E. Twelfth St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Interview with Bill Kaiser
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Description
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Interview with Bill Kaiser about his life and his company, the Bill Kaiser Company, which was a supplier to the Midwestern garment industry. He discusses his family's business importing sewing machine parts in New York, and starting his company in Kansas City after moving from New York in 1971 supplying local manufacturers with sewing machines and parts, pressing equipment, and other supplies. He notes that by 1971 manufacturing had largely moved out of the city into smaller regional towns, and says that he believes a resistance to new, faster technology and automation was a factor in the decline of the local industry. He also discusses the assembly line process of clothing manufacturing and the variety of machines and other equipment required for production, and the American garment industry's shift to overseas manufacturing.
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Date
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2010-11-30
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Object Type
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Video Recording
