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Singer Sewing Machines - factory in Clydebank, Scotland. 1932
Sewing a quilt. Gees Bend, Alabama. Date 1937 Apr
Little Miss Natty Fingers by Muriel DawsonA little girl concentrates on a garment she is sewing, presumably for the doll which sits next to her. An interesting basket full of sewing paraphenalia spills over beside her
Dressmakers workshopStaff in the workroom of a dressmaker or outfitter. Clothes in various stages of completion are on dummies. The employees (all female apart from a solitary man with a tape measure around his neck)
Singer in BulgariaThis Bulgarian lady, like her husband and her daughter, is wearing her flamboyant regional costume as she treadles away at her Singer
Margot Fonteyn repairing her ballet shoesMargot Fonteyn (1919-1991), British ballet dancer, pictured at her Kensington home repairing her ballet shoes around the time she danced the role of Aurora in Sleeping Beauty at a Royal Command Gala
Welsh Lady using a Singer Sewing MachineSeated Welsh Lady using a Singer Sewing machine in traditional costume, with a similarly-dressed lady alongside as well as a smart Welshman
Great Barr Colony, StaffordshireGreat Barr colony for mental defectives, opened circa 1918 by the Walsall and West Bromwich Joint Committee to house people with severe learning difficulties
Wertheims SewingmachineThe sewing machines manufactured by Joseph Wertheim of Frankfurt are used by gnomes as well as by the housewives of Ballarat and Warrnambool
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
Singer Factory / PostcardWorkers leaving the Singer factory, makers of the famous sewing machine
Advert / Singer SewingSinger sewing machines
Flowers for Grandmother
Cover design, Simplicity Sewing Book, helpful hints for beginners and experts. 1947
Busy tailors workshopA busy tailors workshop, with a gentleman being fitted for a new suit
Singer Sewing Machine - Shoe Repairers Machine model 29K53. 1932
Singer Sewing Machines - factory clock tower. 1932
Woman sewingWoman sitting down sewing. Date: 1917
Girl Sewing / Cat SleepingA little girl sits sewing while her cat sleeps at her feet
The Improved Ladys Own Sewing Machine by Leigh & Crawford, Brooke Street, Holborn, London EC. 19th century
Gordon Highlanders making kilts in the open airA group of soldiers from the Gordon Highlanders, some smoking pipes, sit outdoors making kilts. One of them is using a sewing machine
Sewing in the Garden by Millicent SowerbyTwo girl guides sit in a picturesque garden knitting socks and comforters after their exertions gardening
Forty Winks by C. E. WilsonA dear old lady in a mop cap, spectacles and a tartan shawl has fallen asleep at a table in the middle of reading a newspaper and sewing a patchwork quilt
Happy Families / Mr Tape" Happy Families" was devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861
French Tailors C18ThAn elegant Frenchman has a fitting for a new coat. A tailor, down on one knee, makes some adjustments. Another, sewing buttons, sits cross legged on a bench
Stitch Types DiagramLeaflet that is promotional & instructional as it clearly & simply shows you how to do various basic handsewing stitches & hems such as handkerchief or rolled hem
Mr Tape the Tailor, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861
The Dacca Twist Companys Sewing Cotton, ManchesterAdvertising showcard, The Dacca Twist Companys Sewing Cotton, Manchester. Date: circa 1900
Betsy Ross, 1777. Betsy Ross showing Major Ross and Robert Morris how she cut the stars for the American flag; George Washington sits in a chair on the left. Date c1932 July 28
Firemen at Chipping Norton Workhouse, OxfordshireFiremen stand in a burnt-out section of the Chipping Norton workhouse in Oxfordshire following a fire on 19 March 1911. Sewing machines and cotton reels amongst the debris indicate a sewing room
Domestic sewing machine. Bride and groom. Date c1882
Making horse tack in a workshopTwo craftsmen preparing the leatherwork for horse tack; shaping, stretching and sewing the pieces to the correct shape and size. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Moroccan Pouf MakersMoroccan Pouf makers
Social / Us Sewing RoomTwo girls and a woman in an old-time sewing room
Young Woman SewingA superb mezzotint showing a young woman engaged in needlework
Girl Sewing Quilt C1890A little girl completes the final stitches on a quilt. Date: circa 1890
Household / Sewing (C17)Two Dutch women sewing
Advertisement for Kerrs thread, Newark, New Jersey, USAAn advertisement for Kerr & Co thread of Newark, New Jersey, USA. Keep your eye on Kerrs Thread. Sure to Please. Showing a young lady sitting on a giant reel of thread
Singer Building, New York, USA - compared to other BuildingsPromotional card for Singer Sewing Machines, featuring a view of the Singer Building, New York, USA - compared (in height) to other tall Buildings in the UK: Nelsons Column, Dublin
Illustration of a family of women sewing at home, the centre figure using a sewing machine. Advert for Dewhurst's Sylko Machine Twist Date: 1918
Illustration of a lady using her sewing machine at home Date: 1920s
People with sewing machine, Natal, Africa
Group of people in Natal, Africa with a sewing machine, early 1900s
Sewing Buttons - Illustration of a lady sewing buttons onto a coat. Artist: ? Webb. Date: 1924
Superior Dorcas Sewing Needles packet, W Clarke & Sons, Mount Pleasant Mills, Redditch
Darners, The Flora MacDonald Needle Packet
Condor Nickel Plated Crewel Needles, packet design