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Seamstress, 1920. Creator: Alvar CawénSeamstress, 1920.
Making sails at Ratsey's, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News ServiceMaking sails at Ratsey's, between c1910 and c1915. Photo probably shows the American branch of the English boat sail manufacturer, Ratseys and Lapthorn, established in 1902 on City Island
Flag shop, Navy Yard, 1917. Creator: Bain News ServiceFlag shop, Navy Yard, 1917. Shows women making flags on sewing machines at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York
Neva. Les meilleures pour familles et ateliers, c. 1890. Creator: Tamagno, Nicolas (1862-1933)Neva. Les meilleures pour familles et ateliers, c. 1890. Private Collection
Chadwick's Cotton Sewing Thread, 1890. Creator: AnonymousChadwick's Cotton Sewing Thread, 1890. Private Collection
Helvetia, machines à coudre, 1890. Creator: AnonymousHelvetia, machines a coudre, 1890. Private Collection
Pfaff, c. 1900. Creator: Reijs, F. (active ca 1900)Pfaff, c. 1900. Private Collection
Athos, 1895. Creator: Tabouret, Émile (1850-1927)Athos, 1895. Private Collection
La White, machine à coudre américaine, c. 1912. Creator: AnonymousLa White, machine a coudre americaine, c. 1912. Private Collection
La légère rapide New Home, c. 1889. Creator: AnonymousLa legere rapide New Home, c. 1889. Private Collection
Machines à coudre françaises Hurtu, 1889. Creator: AnonymousMachines a coudre francaises Hurtu, 1889. Private Collection
Machine à coudre Elias Howe, 1906. Creator: Wallace, Richard William (1872-1927)Machine a coudre Elias Howe, 1906. Private Collection
Singer Machines, 1891. Creator: AnonymousSinger Machines, 1891. Private Collection
Dewhurst Sewing Thread, 1890. Creator: AnonymousDewhurst Sewing Thread, 1890. Private Collection
Minsk:House of teenagers - sewing workshop, 1922. Creator: UnknownMinsk: House of teenagers - sewing workshop, 1922. In the early part of the Stalin era, the Kremlin established a new administrative territory in the Soviet Far East--the Jewish Autonomous Region--to
Group in the Hut in the Summer: Joyce at the Sewing Machine, 1908, (1909). Royal Naval seaman Ernest Joyce was in charge of dogs and sledges during the expedition
U.S.S. Brooklyn, ship's tailor, between 1896 and 1899. Creator: UnknownU.S.S. Brooklyn, ship's tailor, between 1896 and 1899
P.O. Dept. between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. P.O. Dept. between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & EwingP.O. Dept. between 1910 and 1920. USA. Women operating Union Special sewing machines
P.O. Dept. between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. P.O. Dept. between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & EwingP.O. Dept. between 1910 and 1920. USA. Women operating sewing machines
Red Cross: Junior Auxiliary of Polk Co. High School, Benton, Tennessee, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & EwingRed Cross: Junior Auxiliary of Polk Co. High School, Benton, Tennessee, between 1910 and 1920
A sewing-class at Snow Hill, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin JohnstonA sewing-class at Snow Hill, 1904
Mrs. Ball and group at Hamilton Hotel, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. MrsMrs. Ball and group at Hamilton Hotel, between 1910 and 1920. Women sewing, USA. One uses a New Home sewing machine
Senate Women, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Senate Women, between 1910 and 1920Senate Women, between 1910 and 1920
Women at French Embassy, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Women at French EmbassyWomen at French Embassy, between 1910 and 1920
Home-made furniture, 1904. Creator: Frances Benjamin JohnstonHome-made furniture, 1904
Mrs. Doyen's Red Cross workroom, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. MrsMrs. Doyen's Red Cross workroom, between 1910 and 1920
Steam Sewing-Machines, 1854. Creator: UnknownSteam Sewing-Machines, 1854. The machine-room of the firm of Holloway, Crowe, and Holloway, ...wholesale clothes manufacturers, Stroud, Gloucestershire...Here are twenty machines in work
Roadsign at Steele's Tavern, Virginia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea LangeRoadsign at Steele's Tavern, Virginia. [A51 - Virginia Inventors - A mile and a half northwest, Cyrus H. McCormick perfected, in 1831, the Grain Reaper. In that vicinity, in 1856, J. A. E
Camper receives help in fitting a coat from WPA sewing instructor, FSA, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeCamper receives help in fitting a coat from Works Progress Administration (WPA) sewing instructor. Shafter camp for migratory agricultural workers (Farm Security Administration-FSA), California
Meeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, FSA camp, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea LangeMeeting of the Mothers Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp in California, opens with prayer. [Note Singer treadle sewing machine]
Making harnesses, Mary Saverick stitching, Pioneer Parachute Company Mills, Manchester, Conn. 1942Making harnesses, Mary Saverick stitching, Pioneer Parachute Company Mills, Manchester, Conn
Sewing Machine, c. 1940. Creator: John H. TercuzziSewing Machine, c. 1940
Sewing Machine, c. 1940. Creator: Paul PoffinbargerSewing Machine, c. 1940
Sewing Machine, c. 1938. Creator: Clyde L. CheneySewing Machine, c. 1938
Isaac Merrit Singer, 1869. Creator: Edward Harrison MayIsaac Merrit Singer, 1869
Picture of Sights in Yokohama: Woman with a wringer, Lamppost, a Steamboat at Full Sail and a Woman with a Sewing Machine, 11th month, 1860
Foreign Family with Wife Making Clothes, 1860. Creator: YoshikazuForeign Family with Wife Making Clothes, 1860
Elias Howe, Jr. from the series Great Americans (N76) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888
Elias Howe, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888
Hatters, milliners and tailors... 1871. Creator: UnknownHatters, milliners and tailors...1871. Hatters, milliners and tailors, some of whom are sitting cross-legged and sewing in the traditional way, but on centre left a sewing machine has been introduced
The Seamstress, 1880. Creator: Christian KrohgThe Seamstress, 1880
Massachusetts. Lynn. shoe factories, 1895?: woman operating sewing machine, (1895?). Creator: Frances Benjamin JohnstonMassachusetts. Lynn. shoe factories, 1895?: woman operating sewing machine, (1895?)
Massachusetts. Lynn. shoe factories, 1895?: a lining stitcher (woman) at work, (1895?)
A class in dressmaking, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, 1899. Creator: Frances Benjamin JohnstonA class in dressmaking, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, 1899
Picture of a Foreigner Making Clothes, 1860. Creator: YoshikazuPicture of a Foreigner Making Clothes, 1860
Workroom in the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, 1904. Supervised by the Tsarina and the Dowager Empress, dressings and gowns are being produced to be sent to Russians wounded in the Russo-Japanese War
Boys tailoring class at Highbury Truant School, London, 1908Boys tailoring class at Highbury Truant School, Islington, London, 1908. Boys learn to make clothes; some draw patterns, others use sewing machines, while at the back more boys sew by hand
Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. Young boys sew by hand and use sewing machines
Corset making class, Bloomsbury Trade School for Girls, London, 1911. Two girls work on sewing machines while the rest of the class and the teacher are hand sewing
Dressmaking class, Borough Polytechnic, Southwark, London, 1907. A girl in the centre works on a sewing machine, while two girls behind her work on dresses on dummies
Tailoring class, Barrett Street Trade School for Girls, London, 1915. Girls seated round a long table sewing. One girl is measuring a jacket on a dummy, while another is at a sewing machine
Woman Reading a Letter, c1864-1930. Artist: Anna Lea MerrittWoman Reading a Letter, c1864-1930. A woman seated in a wood panelled room; to her left is a sewing machine
Female workers at a negligee factory in midtown Manhattan, New York, USA, 1920s. ArtistFemale workers at a negligee factory in midtown Manhattan, New York, USA, 1920s
Tired. Artist: Krohg, Christian (1852-1925)Tired. Found in the collection of National Museum of Art, Oslo
New room in a model dwelling, London, c1900 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]
Sewing room in a large shoe factory, Syracuse, New York, USA, early 20th century. Artist: Keystone View CompanySewing room in a large shoe factory, Syracuse, New York, USA, early 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail
Howes Sewing Machine, by Thomas, 1866
Central hall of the Royal Army Clothing Depot, Pimlico, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)
Elias Howe, American sewing machine pioneer, (c1924). Howe (1819-1867) did not invent the sewing machine (that was Charles Fredrick Weisenthal) but, on September 10 1846
Omnia sewing machines advertisement, 20th century. A print from La Manufacture Francais D Armes et Cycles de Saint-Etienne, a French mail order catalogue
Seamstresses of the National Union of Women, Frankfurt am Main, World War I, 1915. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern
The Tailor, 1918. Artist: Boris Mikhajlovich KustodievThe Tailor, study for the decoration of the Ruzheinaya (Rifle) Square in Petrograd, 1918
First lockstitch sewing machine, invented by Elias Howe, c19th centuryThe first lockstitch sewing machine, patented by American inventor Elias Howe in 1846
Woman using sewing machine patented by Elias Howe [c1878]Woman using sewing machine patented by Elias Howe. [c1878]. Howe, an American inventor (1819-1867), patented the first lock-stitch sewing machine in 1846. From Adams Illustrated Panorama of History
First lock-stitch sewing machine, [1915]. Constructed in 1845 by American inventor Elias Howe (1819-1867). From a cigarette card. (1915)
Barthelemy Thimonnier, 19th century French inventor, [1907]. Thimmonier (1793-1857) patented the first sewing machine to be put into practical use, in Paris in 1830
Cover of Genius Rewarded, or the History of the Singer Sewing Machine, 1880. American inventor and manufacturer Isaac Merritt Singer (1811-1875) patented his famous sewing machine in 1851
Invention of the Singer sewing machine, 1850 (1880). American inventor Isaac Merrit Singer (1811-1875) adjusting the tension on his sewing machine in a last desperate attempt to make it work in
Benefits of using the Singer sewing machine, 1880. A home and family transformed into models of comfort and smartness by the housewifes industry with the help of the sewing machine invented by Isaac
Isaac Merrit Singers first sewing machine, patented in 1851 (1880). From Genius Rewarded or the Story of the Sewing Machine. (New York, 1880)
Sewing machine by Isaac Merritt Singer, 1880. A woman operating a treadle version of the sewing machine invented by Isaac Merritt Singer (1811-1875) in 1851
Machine Room in a Steam Sewing Factory, 1854. This view is of Holloway, Crowe & Holloways clothing factory, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
Wilson sewing machine, 1880. Belt-driven lock-stick model for industrial use showing samples of work that could be produced
Domestic sewing machine powered by steam, 1883. Woman sewing with a machine powered by a steam motor placed on top of a domestic range. From La Nature. (Paris, 1883)
Small lockstick sewing machine, 1886. Patented in 1881, this small sewing machine weighing approx 226g (8oz) could be mounted on a table top. From Cassells Family Magazine. (London, 1886)
Columbias Sewing-Machine, 1864. Artist: John TennielColumbias Sewing-Machine, 1864. Britannia says: Ah, my dear Columbia, its all very well; But you ll find it difficult to join that neatly
