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Digital version of the 2d ed., rev. and expanded. First published in 1968 under title: The invention of the sewing machine. Digital imaging information: Original images captured at 400 dpi in ...

I'm thankful I was born in the 20th century, well after sewing machines went into mass production. They've come a long way from hand cranks and treadles to electronic and computerized models. For a ...

IN Cornhill, Boston, thirty years ago, there was a shop for the manufacture and repair of nautical instruments and philosophical apparatus, kept by Ari Davis. Mr. Davis was a very ingenious mechanic, ...

ON Mar. 8, M. Herriott, the former premier of France, unveiled a monument at Lyons to Barth©lemy Thimonnier, the inventor of the sewing machine. Thimonnier applied for his first patent in ...

Just across the Augusta County line in Rockbridge lies the little town of Raphine, which is known as the home of Cyrus McCormick, co-inventor (along with his slave, Jo Anderson) of the reaper, which ...

Many of the stories that I share in this biweekly column are suggested by readers. These are related to a place or event I remember from growing up during the early baby boom years in the Berkshires.

If you remember your grandmother using a Singer sewing machine, you're not alone. This iconic brand has been part of the foundation of home sewing for more than a century and a half. Although these ...

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