IV. 19th-Century Sewing-Machine Leaflets in the Smithsonian Collections
_Machine or Manufacturer_ |_Date_ |_Type_ | | American B.H.O. and Sewing Machine |1874 |Illustrated, advertising leaflet Buckeye sewing machine |ca. 1870 |Illustrated, directions for using | | the machine New Buckeye |ca. 1872 |Illustrated, directions for using | | the machine Centennial sewing machine |1876 |Illustrated, advertising leaflet Domestic sewing machine |1872 |Illustrated, advertising leaflet Florence sewing machine |1873 |Illustrated, advertising leaflet Florence sewing machine |1878 |Illustrated, directions for using | | the machine Goodes sewing machine |ca. 1876 |Advertising leaflet Grant Brothers sewing machine |1867 |Illustrated, advertising leaflet | | (Xerox copy) Grover and Baker sewing machine |1853 |Illustrated, advertising leaflet Grover and Baker sewing machine |ca. 1870 |Illustrated, advertising leaflet Home sewing machine |ca. 1870 |Illustrated, advertising leaflet Howe sewing machine, new "B" machine |1868 |Illustrated, instruction booklet Howe sewing machine |1876 |Illustrated, catalog of machines Independent Noiseless sewing machine |ca. 1874 |Illustrated, advertising leaflet Ladd, Webster sewing machine |1861 |Illustrated, advertising leaflet Little Monitor sewing machine |ca. 1872 |Illustrated, advertising leaflet Remington Family sewing machine |ca. 1874 |Illustrated, advertising leaflet Shaw and Clark sewing machine |1864 |Illustrated, advertising leaflet Singer sewing machine |1871 |Illustrated, advertising leaflet Singer sewing machine |1893 |Catalog of machines shown at the | | Columbian Exposition Standard Shuttle sewing machine |ca. 1875 |Illustrated, advertising leaflet Ten Dollar Novelty sewing machine |ca. 1870 |Illustrated, advertising leaflet Weed sewing machine |1873 |Illustrated, advertising leaflet Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine |ca. 1869 |Illustrated, instruction booklet Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine |ca. 1870-1875 |Illustrated, advertising leaflet Wheeler and Wilson no. 8 machine |ca. 1878 |Illustrated, instruction booklet Wilson sewing machine |1872 |Illustrated, advertising leaflet
Although Samuel Slater's wife is credited with making the first cotton sewing thread from yarns spun at the Pawtucket, Rhode Island, mill in about 1794, cotton thread did not become a manufactured item at that time. Slater turned all his interests to producing cotton-twist yarns needed for the warps of cotton fabrics. By 1809, however, the agents of Almy and Brown, partners and distributors for Slater, were advertising cotton thread as follows: