Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Sewing Machine Patent Model. Patent No. 4,750, issued September 10, 1846. Elias Howe Jr. of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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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, ...

To sleep, to dream, to gather, dance and try to snatch, out of the ether, a new, life-changing machine. That's the story the subtitles tell in Copenhagen artist Joachim Koester's 2012 film "Of Spirits ...

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SEWING needles of bone date back to prehistoric times, and the steel needle made its first appearance in Britain in the sixteenth century. The speed of expert hand-sewing, thirty stitches per minute, ...

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For this week’s library column, I’ve again chosen two topics. First is National Teddy Bear Day which is celebrated on September 9 th and the second is Sew Be It Day, or Sewing Machine Day, which is ...

Danish artist Joachim Koester is preoccupied with the unknown, the unseen, and the forgotten. Working primarily in photography, video, text, and installation, he weaves documentary material of ...

Sewing wasn’t my most favorite thing to do when I was growing up. In fact, I did everything I could to avoid sewing of any kind. My mom worked at our local Singer Sewing Machine Company store teaching ...