"The Battle of the Sewing Machines"
date: label: Date made
content: 1874
name: label: referenced
content: Remington Sewing Machine Company
label: composer
content: Hyde, F.
label: publisher
content: William A. Pond & Co.
label: lithographer
content: Teller, R.
notes: label: Description
content: "The Battle of the Sewing Machines" was composed and arranged by F. Hyde for the piano, and was published in 1874 by Wm. A. Pond & Co. of 547 Broadway, N.Y., N.Y. The lithograph by R. Teller of 120 Wooster St., N.Y., N.Y., illustrates a "battle" of sewing machines. The Remington "army" is marching towards the fleeing Singer, Howe, Succor, Weed, and Willcox & Gibbs sewing machines. The soldiers are riding the Remington treadle machines like horses and are carrying Remington rifles. The Remington No. 2 sewing machine had just come out to market in June 1874. The family treadle machine with a drop-leaf table and two drawers would have cost $75.00.
label: Description
content: On the top left of the sheet music, a woman is pictured sewing on a Remington machine in the Remington office at Madison Square, New York. In the right box is featured the Remington Works of Ilion, N.Y. The music consists of 11 pages, with such subtitles as: "Howe the battle began"; "Advent of all the best machines"; "Song of the Sewing Machine Man: 'How Can I Leave Thee'"; "Triumph of the Remington Sewing Machine," and "Home Sweet Home."
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content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0130.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0130.01
label: accession number
content: 1991.0130
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
label: Object Type
content: Sheet Music
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: lithograph (overall production method/technique)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 13 1/2 in; 26.67 cm x 34.29 cm