Singer Sewing Machine

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Object Details

maker

Singer Company

Description

This Singer sewing machine was purchased used for $10 by Flossie Haggard in 1931. James F. and Flossie Haggard left Oklahoma in 1935 after a fire destroyed their barn and its contents. The sewing machine was taken with them in their car and trailer trip to California via Route 66 in 1935. The Haggards and their children, Lillian and James Lowell, made their home near Bakersfield, and James found work with the Santa Fe Railway. Another son, Merle, was born in Bakersfield and began his singing career there.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of James Lowell Haggard, Jr., Merle R. Haggard and Lillian Haggard Hoge

Date made

ca. 1930

ID Number

2003.0183.07

accession number

2003.0183

catalog number

2003.0183.07

Object Name

sewing machine

Physical Description

wood (case material)

steel (legs, treadle, machine material)

Measurements

overall: 36 in x 40 in x 18 in; 91.44 cm x 101.6 cm x 45.72 cm

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Home and Community Life: Domestic Life

America on the Move

Domestic Furnishings

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-1549-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1315849