1856 - Wm. C. Watson, Family Sewing Machine
notes: label: Description
content: Watson's Family Sewing Machine, the only known example of this machine, matches the illustration in Scientific American, Dec 13, 1856, [Singer Co. identified this as a W. C. Watson sewing machine.] [Text on throat plate: WM C WATSON'S / PATENT / MARCH.11.1856] Cast into the underside of the base intwo places: N. Muller, NY. (Neg# 85-14718) [Compare to Pat. Model 22,987 Snyder 1859 T.6191 and to Nettleton and Raymond sewing machine patent models.] Chainstitch machine.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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 Singer Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0584.03
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0584.03
label: accession number
content: 1985.0584
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sewing Machine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 7 in x 7 1/2 in; 26.67 cm x 17.78 cm x 19.05 cm