| Contributor |
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector. |
| Title |
[The Singer Manufacturing Company trade cards] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[United States] |
| Publisher |
UNITED STATES. 1876-1882 |
| Date |
[ca. 1876-1882] |
| Physical Description |
6 prints : chromolithographs ; 7 x 11.5 cm. (2.75 x 4.5 in.) or smaller. |
| Description |
Series of illustrated trade cards depicting comic views entitled "This coat was sewed on a Singer machine," "What I have sewed
together and no one rip asunder," "Making ends meet," and "As ye sew so shall ye rip," showing a man caught and hanging from
a windowsill by his coat looking in the face of a frightened cat with its back arched; a couple attired in their wedding clothes,
which Cupid stitches together behind them; a boy sewing the ends of two cat's tails together with a Singer sewing machine.
Two other boys hold the horrified looking cats, while a dog sits near the machine; a boy sitting on the edge of a sewing machine
with his back to the viewer as another boy sews; musicians playing french horn, flute, and baritone; and two men lounging
in a hay field, one of them asleep and mischeviously being prodded by the other with a twig, with a post and rail fence in
background. The Singer Manufacturing Company relocated to 1106 Chestnut Street from 1609 Ridge Avenue ca. 1876 and moved to
1202 Chestnut Street in 1882.
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| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Four prints contain the following advertising text printed on versos: Advertising text printed on verso: Principal Office
of The Singer Manufacturing Company Removed to 1202 Chestnut Street. Genuine Singer Sewing Machines. At Low Prices For Cash.
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Two prints contain the following advertising text printed on versos: The world's award. First premium to the singer. 232,
444 (Two hundred and thirty-two thousand four hundred and forty-four,) machines sold in one year, 113, 254 more machines than
were sold by the next highest company. Machines sold on easy monthly installments, No. 1106 Chestnut St., Phila.
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
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Two prints [P.9387.1 & 2] gift of Alan Smith. |
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For duplicate of "Making ends meet" see Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.59] |
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Digitized. |
| Subject |
Singer Manufacturing Company. |
|
Sewing machine industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Sewing machines. |
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Boys. |
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Cats. |
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Dogs. |
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Cruelty. |
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Cupids. |
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Leisure. |
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Musical instruments. |
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Musicians. |
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Sleeping. |
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Spouses. |
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Wedding clothing & dress. |
| Genre |
Trade cards -- 1870-1890. |
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Chromolithographs -- 1870-1890. |
| Provenance |
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Singer [1975.F.786; 1975.F.864-866; P.9387.1 & 2] |
| Accession number |
1975.F.786 |
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1975.F.864 |
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1975.F.865 |
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1975.F.866 |
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P.9387.1 |
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P.9387.2 |
