Description: |
Until the sewing machine was invented and sold to the public in the mid-1800s, all sewing was done by hand. This sewing machine from the 1860s was made by the Shaw & Clark company and was operated by turning the hand crank. |
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Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/1508 |
Collection: |
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis |
Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Copyright: |
This file is licensed under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license by The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. |
Subjects: |
Sewing machines 19th century |
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