GUSN-267645
Customers are warned against imitators on the card verso. The Relief Committee offered different brands of sewing machines to needy women after the Chicago Fire and the majority chose Singer Machines. The image caption reads "As ye sew so shall ye rip."
advertising
business (commercial function)
sewing (process)
sewing machines (equipment)
trade cards (advertising)
1 trade card ; 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.01.102.03.03.003
4 1/2 x 2 3/4 (HxW)(inches)
Purchased from Greg Smart, 2000.
New York City (New York state)
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
Singer Manufacturing Company (Manufacturer)
trade cards (advertising)
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871
Item
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