Trade card for the New Home Sewing Machine Company, Orange, Mass., depicting a man on ice skates pushing a woman seated on top of a sewing machine, undated

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-170025

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Description

This trade card for sewing machine manufacturer, New Home Machine Company of Orange, Massachusetts, depicts a man in a jacket, cap, and striped pants skating and pushing a woman, who is attired in overcoat, hat, and muff, and is seated on a sewing machine on runners. These sewing machines are sold by Barker & Kellogg, 80 Trumbull Street, Hartford, Connecticut.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
sewing (process)
sewing machines (equipment)
ice skating
winter
trade cards (advertising)
advertisements
chromolithographs

Additional Identification Number

Digital ID 000106

Physical Descrption

1 trade card ; 3 x 5 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.102.03.03.001

Image Dimensions

3 x 5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Purchased from Greg Smart, 2000.

Places

Orange (Franklin county, Massachusetts)
Hartford (Hartford county, Connecticut)

Record Details

Originator

New Home Sewing Machine Company (Orange, Mass.) (Manufacturer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)
advertisements
chromolithographs

Description Level

Item

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