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ID: 1986 ~ Source:

"The Singer Manufacturing Company," April 3, 1921, South Bend News-Times, p. 8.

 ~ Creator: South Bend News-Times ~ Date: 3 April 1921
This file appears in: Singer Sewing Machine Factory
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This 1921 ad in a South Bend Newspaper shows how sewing machines were built into wooden cabinets housing the treadle mechanism, which allowed the user to power the machine with his or her foot.

This file appears in: Singer Sewing Machine Factory

By Jacqueline Lopez
Singer: a Better Machine 1850-1868Isaac Merritt Singer refined existing sewing machines in 1850 by adding a presser-foot system. The system surrounds the needle with a foot-like part that forces the fabric to lay flat when being fed into the machine…