Advertising card for sewing machines manufactured by the Domestic Sewing Machine Company of Newark, New Jersey. Illustration shows a mother sitting at a sewing machine while children watch.
Advertisement for sewing machine. Item is shaped like a leaf and reads "It's Durability Demonstrated It's Success Without a Parallel It's Sale 100,000 Machines Per Annum - The White is King."
Machine model number VS-2. Model in use from 1885 to 1912, decorated with transfer numbers 182 (aluminum) and 64, and featuring belt bobbin winder number 8247.
Photographed February 9, 1945
Machine model number VS-3. Model in use from 1888 to 1912, decorated with transfer numbers 182 (aluminum) and 64, and featuring belt bobbin winder number 8247.
Photographed June 2, 1928
Machine model number 15-30. Model in use from 1892 to 1933, decorated with transfer number 23 (Sphinx), and featuring belt bobbin winder number 15020.
Photographed October 3, 1946
Machine model number 15-30. Model in use from 1892 to 1933, decorated with transfer numbers 23 (Sphinx) on body and 193 on belt cover, and featuring belt bobbin winder number 15085.
Photographed January 5, 1945
Machine model number 15-30. Model in use from 1892 to 1933, decorated with transfer number 134 (pearl) and featuring friction bobbin winder number 15419.
Photographed January 2, 1945
Machine model number 15-30. Model in use from 1892 to 1933, decorated with transfer number 134 (pearl) and featuring friction bobbin winder number 15419.
Photographed August 7, 1953