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articles
Appletons' Cyclopedia of Applied Mechanics
Sewing Machines, ---. Appletons' Cyclopaedia of Applied Mechanics, 1889, 20 pages. Posted March 14, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.7 MB PDF
Appleton's Cyclopedia of Applied Mechanics, Supplement
Sewing Machines, ---. Appletons' Cyclopaedia of Applied Mechanics, Supplement, 1897, 8 pages. Posted March 5, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.5 MB PDF
Chambers's Encyclopedia
Sewing-Machine, ---. Chambers's Encyclopedia Supplement, 1881, 2 pages. Posted February 7, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 596 KB PDF
Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed.
Sewing Machines, ---. Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed., 1911, 2 pages. Posted February 1, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 920 KB PDF
English Encyclopedia
Embroidering and Sewing Machines, ---. English Encyclopedia, 1867, 3 pages. Posted February 1, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 800 KB PDF
Great Industries of the United States
Sewing Machines, ---. Great Industries of the United States, 1872, 9 pages. Posted September 25, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 MB PDF
Iconographic Encyclopaedia of the Arts and Sciences
Textile Machinery, ---. Iconographic Encyclopaedia of the Arts and Sciences, 1885, 62 pages. Posted July 10, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 7.6 MB PDF
Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary
Hand Sewing Machine, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted June 15, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 404 KB PDF
Needle Guard, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 25, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 400 KB PDF
Plaiting Attachment for Sewing Machines, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 25, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 404 KB PDF
Presser Foot, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 25, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 396 KB PDF
Ruffler, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 456 KB PDF
Sewing Machine, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 24 pages. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 3.1 MB PDF
Sewing Machine Feed, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 2 pages. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 508 KB PDF
Sewing Machine Gauge, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 408 KB PDF
Sewing Machine Motor, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 440 KB PDF
Sewing Machine Needle, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 424 KB PDF
[Sewing Machines], ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Note: Collected short articles. Posted August 8, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 464 KB PDF
Stay Gage, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 404 KB PDF
Stitching Machine, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 420 KB PDF
Tailoring Machine, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 520 KB PDF
Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary
Hat-Lining Sewing Machine, ---. Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary, 1884, 1 page. Posted February 15, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 444 KB PDF
Sewing Machine, ---. Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary, 1884, 1 page. Posted February 15, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 444 KB PDF
Sweat Sewing Machine, ---. Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary, 1884, 1 page. Posted February 15, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 416 KB PDF
New International Encyclopedia
Sewing Machine, ---. New International Encyclopedia, 1922, 2 pages. Posted February 17, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 588 KB PDF
Oxford Encyclopedia
Sewing Machines, ---. Oxford Encyclopedia, 1828, 3 pages. Posted February 1, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 672 KB PDF
People's Friend
Cleaning Sewing Machines, ---. People's Friend, 1872, 1 page. Posted June 17, 2004. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 408 KB PDF
Scientific American
Novel Ripping Attachment for Sewing Machines, ---. Scientific American, June 4, 1898, 1 page. Note: Reduced to 70% to fit on page. Posted February 17, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 460 KB PDF
Workers of the Nation
Manufacture of Sewing Machines, ---. Workers of the Nation: An Industrial Encyclopedia of the Occupations of the American People, 1906, 3 pages. Posted March 5, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 568 KB PDF
Zell's Encyclopedia
Sewing Machine, ---. Zell's Encyclopedia, 1876, 1 page. Posted April 24, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 416 KB PDF
books
---. Sewing Materials, Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Scisnces, 1923, 130 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted October 26, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. File size 10 MB PDF
---. Woman's Institute Library of Dressmaking, Woman's Institute, 1923, 281 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 14, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. REVIEW. Part 1: File size 7.7 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 13.8 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 5.1 MB PDF.
ephemera
Textile-related businesses
Singer Sewing Machine Company. Trade cards, 2 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Peter H. Fowler. Posted March 25, 2004. File size 504 KB PDF
Comfort Magazine. , 1925, 1 page. Posted June 22, 2004. File size 436 KB PDF
---. Sewing machine trade cards, 33 pages. Posted May 22, 2006. File size 3.6 MB PDF
---. Sewing machine trade cards, 33 pages. Posted May 22, 2006. File size 3.3 MB PDF
illustrations
---. Singer Sewing -Machine Co. Manufactory, Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 12, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 564 KB PDF
---. Wilson Sewing -Machine Co. Manufactory, Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 12, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 520 KB PDF
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