Sewing Gallery

Advertising card for Singer Sewing Machines

Advertising card for Singer Sewing Machines. One boy is so entranced by the new Singer in the shop window, he is unaware his friend is pinching some of the berries from his basket! However... the thief gets his comeupance as a dog pinches his lunch from his pocket! Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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Great Barr Colony, Staffordshire

Great Barr colony for mental defectives, opened circa 1918 by the Walsall and West Bromwich Joint Committee to house people with severe learning difficulties. Multi-view card shows female inmates at sewing, laundry and kitchen work

© Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection

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Stitch Types Diagram

Leaflet that is promotional & instructional as it clearly & simply shows you how to do various basic handsewing stitches & hems such as handkerchief or rolled hem

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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