Composed of images and text. Models represented: First sewing machine (invented by Elias Howe), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-A, 6-B, 7, 8, 9, 10, B, C. Title from page 1. Final ...

Early efforts -- Elements of a successful machine -- The "Sewing-Machine Combination" -- Less expensive machines -- Appendixes: Notes on the development and commercial use of the sewing machine -- ...

We're relying on the experts to answer this one and who better than the folks from the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society? Historians of the sewing machine's early days can argue for ...