OVERVIEW Title: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Business Ephemera: Sewing Collection Dates: circa 1854-1927 Extent and Forms of Material:3 cubic feet, including 2 oversize folders Scope and Content: This subject category- Sewing consists primarily of advertising cards, printed advertisements, bills, receipts, scattered correspondence on letterhead stationery, pamphlets, trade catalogues, patents, trademarks, import/export documents and calendars from manufacturers and distributors of sewing machines. There is a subtantial amount of material for each company with numerous visual images of machines. The material is arranged into three series: Series consists of materials relating to Manufacturers and Distributors of Sewing Machines including Series 1, Manufacturers and Distributors, dates Series 2, Related Materials, dates CONTAINER LISTING Box Folder SERIES 1, MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF SEWING MACHINES 1 1-2 American Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company 56 8 American Sewing Machine Company 1 3 Avery Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company 4 Bartholf Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company 183 5 Bell, J.P. and Company Lynchburg, Virginia 1 4 Bolgiand Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Baltimore, Maryland Boston Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company Bradburg Sewing Machine Company Butterfield & Stevens Sewubg Machine Manufacturing CompanyBoston, Massachusetts 5 Chicago Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company 6 Coles Universal Feed Sewing Machine Company 7-9 Davis Sewing Machine Company, Unknown 56 8 Davis Sewing Machine Company Watertown, 1 10 Demorest Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company Williamsport, Pennsylvania 1 11-14 Domestic Sewing Machine Company Buffalo, 56 8 Domestic Sewing Machine Company Buffalo, 183 5 Domestic Sewing Machine Company Buffalo, DuLaney, G.L. and Company Belvidere, Illinois 1 15 Eldredge Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company Belvidere, Illinois Empire Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company. Erie Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company Buffalo, and
16 Field, Marshall and Company 17 Finkie & Lyon Sewing Machine Company 18 Florence Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company Florence, Massachusetts 19 Foley & Williams Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company Cincinnati, Ohio 56 8 Foley and Williams Manufacturing Company 1 20 Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Company 56 8 Hadlock, John Milford, New Hampshire 1 21 Hartford Sewing Machine Company Hartford, Conn. 22 Hartford Sewing Machine Company Hartford, Conn. Patent for Sewing Machine Ornamentation 23 Household Sewing-Machine Company Providence, Rhode Island 24 Household Sewing Machine Company Providence, Rhode Island 183 5 Howe Machine Company 1 25-27 Howe Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company 2 1-2 Illinois Sewing Machine Company Rockford, Illinois and 56 8 Illinois Sewing Machine Company Rockford, Illinois and Johnson, Clark and Company
2 3, June Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company and Albany, 4 Ledder Sewing Machine Company 5 Montgomery Ward & Company 6 National Sewing Machine Company Belvidere, Illinois 7-20 New Home Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company Orange, Massachusetts 56 8 New Home Sewing Machine Company Orange, Massachusetts 2 21 Nichols and Buss Manufacturer of Howe's Sewing Machine 2 22 Nichols, J.B. & Company Manufacturers of Howe's Sewing Machines 56 9 Reliance Manufacturing Company 2 23 Remington Sewing Machine Company Iloin, 24 Remington Sewing Machine Company Iloin, 25 Sears, Roebuck & Company 56 9 Sears, Roebuck & Company 2 26 Secomb & Company Agents-Common Sense Family Sewing Machine
Self Threading Sewing Machine CompanyNew, York Shaw & Clark Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company Biddieford, Maine 3 1-19 Singer Sewing Manufacturing Company 56 9 Singer Sewing Manufacturing Company 4 1 St. John Sewing Machine Company Springfield, Ohio 56 9 Standard Sewing Machine Company 4 2-6 Standard Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company 7 Star, Shuttle Sewing Machine Company Wilson W. G. and Company Proprietors Tracy Sewing Machine J.O. Woods - General Manager Trimble & Phillips General Agents 56 9 Tripp, Frank, Manufacturer and proprietor 4 8 Union Buttonhole Sewing Machine 4 8 Union Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company 4 9-10 Victor Sewing Machine Company 56 9 Wardwell Manufacturing Company St. Louis, Missouri
4 11-12 Weed Sewing Machine Company 56 9 Wheeler and Wilson Manufacturing Company Bridgeport, Connecticut 4 13-18 Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company Bridgeport, Connecticut 56 9 White Sewing Machine Company 183 5 White Sewing Machine Company 4 19-24 White Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company 25-27 Wilcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company Jersey City, New Jersey 183 5 Wilcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company 4 28 Williams Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company Montreal, Quebec, Canada and Plattsburgh, Williams & Orvis Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company 29 Wilson Sewing Machine Company 4 30 Wilson Sewing Machine Company Patent for Sewing Machine Ornamentation 56 9 Wilson Sewing Machine Company 183 6 Wilson Sewing Machine Company SERIES 2, GENERAL MATERIALS General Advertisements and Price Lists
Business Cards Misceallaneous Correspondence and Receipts Patents Information Relating to Button Holes Sewing Machines Parts and Attachments Foreign Materials 6 1-18 Import/Export Documents 183 6 Images SERIES 3, RELATED PUBLICATIONS 5 6 What are these articles? pamphlets?, books? 183 6 United States Sewing Machine Times October 11, 1884 Published by the Bell Publishing Company,