1861 - Thomas Earle's Sewing machine Patent model
1861 - Thomas Earle's Sewing machine Patent model
- Description
- Patent model for a hand cranked sewing machine. Thomas Earle of Worcester, Massachusetts. Patent # 31,156. Issued January 22, 1861. Improvement in sewing machines.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- patent model, sewing machine
- ID Number
- TE.T06242.000
- accession number
- 89797
- catalog number
- T06242.000
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- Sewing Machines
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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