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 casualti
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 wrote:
> Can anyone tell me why the Domestic Sewing Machine Company postcardss
> featuring pictures of major natural disa
Can anyone tell me why the Domestic Sewing Machine Company postcardss
featuring pictures of major natural disasters? Was the idea that in the
event of floods, cyclones, etc., your sewing machine would still be
present and intact?
See:
http://cgi.ebay.com/FREE-SEWING-MACHINE-TORNADO-CYCLONE-O
I saw a news report on the forthcoming sale on BBC breakfast news before I read
the first discussion of it here (but I only get the list in digest form on my
work computer). I think they just said that her plan to set up a museum had
fallen through.
Kate Bunting
Librarian & 17th century reenact
