Costumes of all nations, Florentine, Italy,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892

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Ephemera

Date

1892

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GUSN-267512

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Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Sewing equipment and supplies
Sewing machines
Sewing equipment and supplies - Sewing machines - Folder 2
Costumes of all nations, Florentine, Italy,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Sewing equipment and supplies
    - Sewing machines
      - Sewing equipment and supplies - Sewing machines - Folder 2
        Trade card for the Light Running New Home Sewing Machine, New Home Sewing Machine Company, Orange, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Leavitt & Co's Improved Shuttle Family Sewing Machines, No. 367 Washington Street and Gore Block, Boston, Mass., undated
        Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., undatedTrade card for Nichols & Bliss, manufacturers of improved sewing machines under Howes' Patent, No. 33
        Trade cards for the Howe Sewing Machine, Howe Machine Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut, undated
        Trade card for The Light Running Domestic, 147 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine, Davis Sewing Machine Co., Watertown, New York, undated
        Trade card for the Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine, Davis Sewing Machine Co., Watertown, New York, undated
        Trade card for the Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine, Davis Sewing Machine Co., Watertown, New York, undated
        Trade card for The Standard Rotary Shuttle Sewing Machine, Standard Sewing Machine Co., Cleveland, Ohio, undated
        Trade card for Burt & Fowler, dealers in all kinds of sewing machines, No. 192 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass. and 30 Union Square, New York, New York, undated
        Trade card for the New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Household Sewing Machine Co., Providence, Rhode Island, undated
        Trade card for the Household Sewing Machine Co., Providence, Rhode Island, undated
        Trade card for the Household Sewing Machine Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1890
        Trade card for the Household Sewing Machine Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1895
        Trade cards for the Household Sewing Machine Co., Providence, Rhode Island, undated
        Trade card for the Household Sewing Machine Co., Providence, Rhode Island, undated
        Trade card for the New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass., undated
        Trade cards for the New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass. and 30 Union Square, New York, New York, undated
        Trade card for the New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the No. 8 Wheeler & Wilson, Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. Co., 594 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Wheeler & Wilson, gold medal sewing machines, 228 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Household Sewing Machine Co., Providence, Rhode Island, undated
        Trade card for Chas. A. Warren & Co., general agents for the Stewart Sewing Machines, No. 4 Bond Street, New York, New York, undated
        Trade card for Singer Sewing Machines, 34 Union Square, New York, New York, undated
        Trade card for Johnson, Clark & Co., New Home Sewing Machines, Orange, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Johnson, Clark & Co., New Home Sewing Machines, Orange, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Johnson, Clark & Co., New Home Sewing Machines, Orange, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass., 1887
        Trade card for The New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass., undated
        Brochure for The Goodes' Sewing Machine Company, 721 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1874-1875
        Brochure for The White Sewing Machine, Clark & Freeman, 163 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for The Singer Manufacturing Co., 4th Avenue and 16th Street, New York, New York, undated
        Trade card for the Willcox & Gibbs Automatic Sewing Machine, Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Company, 33 West Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Costumes of all nations, Algeria, The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Bosnia, Austria-Hungary,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Bosnia, Austria-Hungary,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Burmah,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Ceylon,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, China,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Hungary, Austria-Hungary,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Hungary, Austria-Hungary,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, India,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, India,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Ancona, Italy,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Florentine, Italy,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892 (current record)
        Costumes of all nations, Italy,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Neapolitan Italy,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Japan,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Manila,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Netherlands, Island Marken,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Norway,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Portugal, Vianna,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Roumania,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Roumania,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Servia,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Servia,The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Spain, Barcelona, The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Spain, Corunna, The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Spain, Salamanca, The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Spain, Sevilla, The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Spain, Sevilla, The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Spain, Valencia, The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Spain, Valencia, The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Sweden, The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Tunis, The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Tunis, The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Costumes of all nations, Zululand, The Singer Manufacturing Co., New York, New York, 1892
        Trade card for "A New Home Sewing Machine," [as produced in?] Orange, Mass., 1882
        Trade card for Cumner & Bell, sewing machines, 332 Main Street, Worcester, Mass., undated

Description

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The item is one of a card set created as a souvenir package for the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, in Chicago, Illinois. "These cards are lithographed reproductions of photographs taken on the spot in the various countries and provinces and colored there to correctly represent the native costumes. They are national costume studies, reliable and perfect in every detail." The cultural information on the card verso includes the Singer presence in the country. A woman in a hat with a pink skirt sits at the sewing machine.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
sewing (process)
sewing machines (equipment)
costume (mode of fashion)
ethnic groups
souvenirs
world's fairs
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.102.03.02.052

Image Dimensions

5 1/4 x 3 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

New York City (New York state)
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Florence (Firenze province, Tuscany, Italy)

Record Details

Originator

Singer Manufacturing Company (Author)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Other Organizations

Worlds Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

Description Level

Item

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