Interesting because I believe a sewing machine was considered a key item
with which to start from scratch and be able to support yourself. There
is a tale in my family that one of my mother's great-aunts went from
Scotland to Chicago in the late 20's, just in time for the Depression,
came
In a message dated 6/25/2011 3:01:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
anne.montgome...@googlemail.com writes:
I believe a sewing machine was considered a key item
with which to start from scratch and be able to support yourself
Years ago, one of my fellow costume history graduate students did
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In a message dated 6/25/2011 3:01:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
anne.montgome...@googlemail.com writes:
I believe a sewing machine was considered
Yes. It says so on the third link where you see both sides of the postcard
that the machine is insured against all these events.
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.comwrote:
Can anyone tell me why the Domestic Sewing Machine Company postcardss
featuring pictures
In case anyone is interested - the Omaha one looks like the aftermath
of the Easter Sunday tornado in the (IIRC) 1930's. There is an area
in the Western Heritage museum in Omaha that has pictures and news
articles about it. It was one of the worst tornados in terms of both
damage and
