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| Elias Howe lock stitch sewing machine prototype (1846) at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Antique Florence sewing machines (patented 1850) & crimping rollers at Calaveras County Downtown Museum. San Andreas, CA. | Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine (1858 or prior) of Lucy Webb Hayes used by Rutherford's wife to mend Civil War uniforms of Ohio volunteers & later in the White House. Fremont, OH. | Mechanism details of Lucy Webb Hayes' sewing machine by Wheeler & Wilson, top sewing machine manufacturer in 1850s & 60s. Fremont, OH. |
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| Sewing machine (1860) by Wheeler & Wilson at Davis House Museum. San Diego, CA. | Treadle sewing machine (1868-75) by Wheeler & Wilson of New York & green painted side chairs (c1855) from Lancaster County, PA in Texas period bedroom at DAR Memorial Continental Hall. Washington, DC. | Treadle sewing machine in Baetge House at Conservation Plaza. New Braunfels, TX. | Treadle sewing machine & oil lamp in Baetge House at Conservation Plaza. New Braunfels, TX. |
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| Wilcox & Gibbs sewing machine (c1870) in sewing room at Park-McCullough Historic Estate. North Bennington, VT. | Buffalo, sewing machine & Washington details on Century Vase (1876) by Karl L.H. Müller of Union Porcelain Works at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY. | Sewing machine (1877) by Peugeot at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France. | Hand operated Singer sewing machine (1881) at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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| Patent model for buttonhole making improvements to Singer sewing machine (1889) at National Museum of American History. Washington, DC. | White Rotary sewing machine & oak sewing rocker (1890-1910) by Gustav Stickley in Corbett House at Tucson Museum of Art. Tucson, AZ. | Circular knitting machine (late 19thC) by Automatic Knitting Machine Co. at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Sewing machine (c1925) by National Sewing Machine Co. of Belvidere, IL at Lyndon B. Johnson State Park. Stonewall, TX. |
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| Sewing machine at Clinton Birthplace Home. Hope, AR. | Treadle sewing machine at Pioneer Living History Museum. Phoenix, AZ. | Man working on a sewing machine in Chengdu. China. | Sewing machine for hats at Danbury Museum & Historical Society. Danbury, CT. |
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| Sewing room at Cheverny Chateau. Cheverny, France. | Benton print over sewing machine at Thomas Hart Benton Home. Kansas City, MO. | Sewing machined at Vanderbilt Mansion. Centerport, NY. | Singer sewing machine plus basin & pitcher at Buffalo Soldiers National Museum. Houston, TX. |
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| Treadle sewing machine at Sauer-Beckmann Farmstead. Stonewall, TX. | Wooden cradle & sewing machine in Locksted-Seibold house at Conservation Plaza. New Braunfels, TX. | Sewing machine in Ruth Chambers' bedroom at Chambers House Museum. Beaumont, TX. | Sewing machine, dress dummy & spinning wheel at McCulloch House. Waco, TX. |
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| Pony sewing machine at Bennington Museum. Bennington, VT. |
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