Details
Creator R. Newell & Son.
Title "Domestic" and Grover & Baker sewing machines, and "Domestic" Fashion Rooms, 1111 Chestnut St., Phila. [graphic] / Photo. by R. Newell & Son, 626 Arch St.
Publisher [Philadelphia: s.n]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1879
Date [ca. 1879]
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 10 x 18 cm.(4 x 7 in.)
Description Depicts the interior of the showroom in which a row of sewing machines; mannequins dressed in womens' and girls' garments; and display cases of thread are on view. Signs advertising Domestic and Grover and Baker sewing machines adorn the back wall. Patriotic bunting lines the crown moulding of the room. Many of the mannequins contain signs incribed, "Please do not handle." Domestic Sewing Machine Company was founded by William S. Mack & Co. and N.S. Perkins in 1864 in Norwalk, Ohio. Grover & Baker was founded by William Garner and William Baker in 1851 in Boston. Francis M. Johnson operated his showroom at 1111 Chestnut between around 1878 and 1880.
Notes Title printed on mount.
Yellow mount with rounded corners.
Photographer's imprint printed on verso.
Advertising label pasted on verso: F.M. Johnson, dealer in light running "Domestic" sewing machines, Grover & Baker sewing machines, and "Domestic" paper fashions, 1111 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Needles, parts and attachments.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note Newell & Son, a partnership between Robert and his son Henry, was active from around 1870 until 1897 and the death of the elder Newell.
Subject Johnson, Francis M.
Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Company.
Showrooms -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Sewing equipment and supplies.
Mannequins.
Genre Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Advertisements -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Businesses [P.9212.11]
Accession number P.9212.11