Object Details
Publisher
Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Company (New York)
Series Creator
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
Series Citation
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Sewing Machines, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
2 editions of an instruction manual for sewing machines, from "Sewing Machines" series, box 1, folder 20. One has date imprint without full company name, the other has the company name but is undated.
60.98-156 : Complete title is "A Home Scene / or / Mr. Aston's First Evening / with / Grover & Baker's / Celebrated / Family Sewing Machine; / Containing / Directions for Using, / and a Discussion of / the Relative Merits of Stitches." New York, 1959.
60.174450 : Shortened title; "etc., etc." after "Using". Has complete company name with address, 495 Broadway, New York. Slightly smaller format.
sova.nmah.ac.0060.s01.01.sewing_ref527
Local Numbers
AC0060-0001062.tif (AC scan no.)
AC0060-0001063.tif (AC scan no.)
98-156 (OPPS Neg.)
Topic
Sewing machines -- 1850-1860
Publisher
Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Company (New York)
See more items in
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Sewing Machines
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Sewing Machines / Series 1: Manufacturers and Distributors of Sewing Machines / Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Company
Sponsor
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
Extent
2 Items (Ink on paper.)
Date
1859
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Type
Archival materials
Operating manuals
Manuals
Rights
Fees for commercial use. Copyright probably expired. Order from neg. no. 98-156 (shows covers of both books).
Genre/Form
Operating manuals -- 1850-1860
Manuals -- 1850-1860
Series Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
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Record ID
ebl-1562725829894-1562725829901-0