GUSN-267650
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. Stamped text on the front of the card reads "Principal Office, 68 Church Street, Burlington, Vt, Geo. D. Jarvis, Manager."
advertising
business (commercial function)
sewing (process)
sewing machines (equipment)
trade cards (advertising)
1 trade card ; 4 1/2 x 3 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.01.102.03.03.005
4 1/2 x 3 (HxW)(inches)
Purchased from Greg Smart, 2007
New York City (New York state)
Burlington (Chittenden county, Vermont)
Singer Manufacturing Company (Manufacturer)
trade cards (advertising)
File part
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