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Japan [trade card]

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Japan [trade card].
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  • Japan [trade card].
  • Japan [trade card].

    Object Details

    Advertiser

    Singer Manufacturing Company

    Printer

    J. Ottomann Lith. Co.

    Names

    World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

    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

    Image of Japanese woman using Singer Sewing Machine to sew a brown Western men's jacket. Woman wears purple kimono with yellow and red undershift. Back contains brief text on the history of Japan. Card probably used at the Chicago World Exposition of 1893.
    sova.nmah.ac.0060.s01.01.sewing_ref532

    GUID

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep884845459-f04a-4dc7-a09a-bd7431fb3edd

    Local Numbers

    AC0060-0000160-1.tif (AC Scan No.) AC0060-0000160-2.tif (AC Scan No.)

    General

    Sewing Machines, Box 3, Folder 1.

    Place

    Japan -- History

    Topic

    advertising
    World expositions
    Sewing machines
    Kimonos

    Advertiser

    Singer Manufacturing Company

    Printer

    J. Ottomann Lith. Co.

    Culture

    Japanese

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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 / Singer Sewing Manufacturing 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

    1 Item (Ink on paper.)

    Archival Repository

    Archives Center, National Museum of American History

    Type

    Archival materials
    Trade cards

    Series Rights

    Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

    Genre/Form

    Trade cards -- 19th century

    Series Restrictions

    Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
    NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Sewing_ref532
    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep884845459-f04a-4dc7-a09a-bd7431fb3edd
    NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Sewing
    ACAH

    Record ID

    ebl-1562725829894-1562725829902-2

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