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Directions for Using Wheeler & Wilson's Family Sewing Machines [instruction manual]

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Directions for Using Wheeler & Wilson's Family Sewing Machines [instruction manual, undated].
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Object Details

Author

Wheeler & Wilson M'f'g [sic] Co.

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

In Sewing machines, box 4, folder 18.
sova.nmah.ac.0060.s01.01.sewing_ref530

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep89ff771c4-ff02-450a-b9bf-43ffbc7c3697

Local Numbers

AC0060-0001066.tif (AC scan no.) 98-157 (Photo Lab. No.)

General

Cover of manual, reproduced in neg. 98-157, shows woman with sewing machine plus title typography. Company principal office addresses given as "No. 44, 14th Street, New York, and Bridgeport, Conn."

Topic

Sewing machines -- 19th century

Author

Wheeler & Wilson M'f'g [sic] Co.

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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 / Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut

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

1 Item

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Ink on paper.

Date

undated

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Type

Archival materials
Instructional materials
Operating manuals

Rights

Copy prints available. Probably public domain, no copyright or trademark restrictions. Order from neg. no. 98-157.

Genre/Form

Instructional materials -- 19th century
Operating manuals -- 19th century

Series Restrictions

Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Sewing_ref530
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep89ff771c4-ff02-450a-b9bf-43ffbc7c3697
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Sewing
ACAH

Record ID

ebl-1562725829894-1562725829903-2

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