1864-1867 - Shaw & Clark Chain Stitch Sewing Machine
date: label: date made
content: 1864 to 1867
notes: label: Description
content: Shaw & Clark sewing machine (chain stitch, cast iron) [text on head end: MANUFACTURED BY / SHAW & CLARK / BIDDEFORD MAINE. / PATENTED / SEP.10.1846 DEC.19.1854 / MAY.8.1849 NOV.4.1856 / NOV.12.1850 MAY.9.1858 / AUG.12.1851 AUG.13.1861 / MAY.30.1854 FEB.15.1864 / LICENSED BY / HOWE, WHEELER & WILSON, / GROVER & BAKER, SINGER, / -<AND>- / BACHELDER]. Serial number on throat plate No 5331; also on plate "Shaw & Clark Biddeford Maine". Needle bar is stamped: 4471. Black enamel with worn gold design - flower in center. (Neg# 85-14721)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Sewing Machines
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Singer Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0584.13
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0584.13
label: accession number
content: 1985.0584
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sewing Machine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 5 1/4 in x 8 in; 30.48 cm x 13.335 cm x 20.32 cm