A Home Scene; or Mr. Aston's First Evening with Grover & Baker's Celebrated Family Sewing Machine two instruction manuals

Object Details

Local Numbers: AC0060-0001062.tif (AC scan no.) AC0060-0001063.tif (AC scan no.) 98-156 (OPPS Neg.)

See more items in: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Sewing Machines; Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Sewing Machines / Series 1: Manufacturers and Distributors of Sewing Machines / Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Company

Sponsor: Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Series Citation: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Sewing Machines, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Rights: Fees for commercial use. Copyright probably expired. Order from neg. no. 98-156 (shows covers of both books).

Scope and Contents: 2 editions of an instruction manual for sewing machines, from "Sewing Machines" series, box 1, folder 20. One has date imprint without full company name, the other has the company name but is undated.; 60.98-156 : Complete title is "A Home Scene / or / Mr. Aston's First Evening / with / Grover & Baker's / Celebrated / Family Sewing Machine; / Containing / Directions for Using, / and a Discussion of / the Relative Merits of Stitches." New York, 1959.; 60.174450 : Shortened title; "etc., etc." after "Using". Has complete company name with address, 495 Broadway, New York. Slightly smaller format.

Series Restrictions: Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.