1849 - Blodgett and Lerow Sewing Machine
date: label: Date made
content: 1849-10-02
name: label: patentee
content: Blodgett, Sherburn C.
label: patentee
content: Lerow, J.
label: maker
content: Blodgett, Sherburn C.
label: maker
content: Lerow, J.
notes: label: Description
content: Sewing machine, patented by S. Blodgett and J. Lerow on October 2, 1849. Engraved inscription, " Blodgett and Lerow's Improved Rotary Sewing Machine. Goddard, Rice & Co., Makers. Worcester, Mass. No. 38. Patented Oct. 2nd, 1849". It appears from this inscription that this machineis not a patent model but a production machine.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Sewing Machines
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T12277.000
label: catalog number
content: T12277.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sewing Machine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 8 3/4 in x 8 3/4 in; 35.56 cm x 22.225 cm x 22.225 cm