Hall of Textiles Gallery, Arts and Industries Building - Sewing Machines
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Creator: Smithsonian Institution
Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Date: 1959
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder 24, Image No. SIA_000095_B43_F24_005
Junior curator Nancy Vaughan adjusts thread in 1851 sewing machine patent model by Isaac Singer at the Museum of History and Technology preview of Hall of Textiles exhibits in the Arts and Industries Building, illustrating the history of the development of the sewing machine. Also in view are early patent models by Elias Howe, John Bachelder, and Allen Wilson.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder 24, Image No. SIA_000095_B43_F24_005
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
1959
Black-and-white photographs
SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B43_F24_005]
Gelatin silver prints; 8 x 10;