ca. 1850 - Experimental Sewing Machine; Isaac SInger
date: label: date made
content: 1850
name: label: maker
content: Singer, Isaac M.
notes: label: Description
content: Singer sewing machine, early, cast iron (heavy: est. 75 lbs), square machine. The head is unpainted, plain, metal finish. This machine was probably made in 1850 because it has a needle feed (i.e., a round wheel with short pins - many are broken off) and later machines used a roughened wheel instead of pins. Lockstitch machine, shuttle is missing, [Singer Co. identified this as an Isaac Singer experimental machine, ca. 1850.] No serial number on machine. (Neg#s 85-14716, 85-14717)
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: 1985.0584.02
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0584.02
label: accession number
content: 1985.0584
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sewing Machine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 1/2 in x 13 1/2 in x 17 in; 39.37 cm x 34.29 cm x 43.18 cm