Needle, Sewing
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| Nom de l'objet : | Needle, Sewing |
| Matériaux : | paper, steel, ink |
| Numéro d'accession : | BE2009.1.13 |
| Date de début de production : | 1905 |
| Description : | A green paper packet containing sewing machine needles for use with a Singer sewing machine. The paper case is green with a printed large, red _S_ wrapped around a woman sitting at her sewing machine. The front label redas: _Needles, Singer Sewing Machine, Price 5 Cents, The Singer Mfg. Co._.The packet contains two needles made of steel, fastened onto a piece of heavy black paper. |
| Fonctions : | The Singer Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1863 and is still in operation today. The red "S"girl trademark was introduced in 1870 and became one of the world's best known emblems. The invention of the sewing machine is generally credited to Elias Howe, Jr., of Cambridge Massachusetts who obtained a patent in 1846. The design was slightly different from the sewing machine that exists today but it was on the market beginning in the 1850s. Improvements to this design were completed by the Wheeler and Wilson Company of Water Town Connecticut whose first patent in 1850 differed with the use of a "straight vertical needle and a double-pointed shuttle". Ref: "Handy Things to Have Around the House" by Loris Russell. When the company moved to Bridgeport, they became known as Wheeler and Wilson's Manufacturing Company in 1856. By 1858, they had sold 20,000 machines per year and by 1871, the number had peaked to just under 130,000 machines of various styles. Wheeler and Wilson also opened an office in London in 1859. In 1905, Singer took over the company. REF: http://www.sewmuse.co.uk/w&w.htm. |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Mississauga |
| Province de l'établissement : | Ontario |
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