History of the Sewing Machine

Dublin Core

Title

History of the Sewing Machine

Subject

Sewing machines--History; Howe, Elias, 1819-1867; Howe Machine Co.

Description

The cover of the History of the Sewing Machine by James Parton. The book was published in 1867 and tells the story of Elias Howe, Jr, and how he developed and invented the first sewing machine. It also talks about the virtues of the Howe Sewing Machine, Co. and contains advertisements and promotional materials for Howe Sewing Machines. The original article was published in the Atlantic Monthly magazine in May of 1867. Different versions of the book were created for retail stores to promote the Howe Sewing Machines. This copy was printed for Plummer and Wilder which had stores in Bangor and Portland Maine as well as Boston Massachusetts.

Creator

Parton, James, 1822-1891

Source

Is the cover to the History of the Sewing Machine by James Parton

Publisher

Date

1867?

Contributor

The Howe Machine Co.

Relation

Is part of the Spencer Historical Museum Collections. Richard Sugden Library, Spencer, Massachusetts. http://www.spencerpubliclibrary.org/

Format

image/jpg

Language

en-US

Type

Image

Files

Collection

Citation

Parton, James, 1822-1891, “History of the Sewing Machine,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 22, 2013, http://digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/1152.

Comments

Allowed tags: <p>, <a>, <em>, <strong>, <ul>, <ol>, <li>