1888 - White Sewing Machine Co.; Sewing machine in desk cabinet
date: label: Date made
content: 1888
name: label: maker
content: White Sewing Machine Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This treadle sewing machine was designed to be efficient by combining the functions of sewing and writing. It works as an attractive piece of furniture when closed; with one leaf down, it turns into a slant-front desk; and with all the panels open, a treadle sewing machine. The White Sewing Machine Company of Cleveland, Ohio, manufactured this sewing machine contained in the cabinet in 1888. The handsome hardwood cabinet was built by the Kundtz Manufacturing Company, also located in Cleveland. Besides the sewing machine cabinets, Kundtz also produced school desks and church furniture.
label: Description
content: Mrs. John Sands of St. Louis, Missouri, purchased this White Sewing Machine on December 27, 1888. The receipt notes that she traded in her old machine and received ten dollars toward the purchase of the new sewing machine. In total, the machine cost ninety dollars and she paid for it on an installment plan until it was paid in full.
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content: S.I. Photograph Negative Numbers:
label: Description
content: With sewing machine: 73-2654
label: Description
content: As desk: 73-2653
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cleveland
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Sewing Machines
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss Laura A. Sands
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16402.000
label: accession number
content: 304807
label: catalog number
content: T16402.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sewing Machine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal; wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (sewing machine material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (cabinet material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (treadle material)