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02-019; Two Women Seated at a Singer Sewing Machine

1860-1869
Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs
Cased Tintype c. 1865-1869
Photographer: Unknown
Size: Sixth Plate (2.625" x 3.25")

This rare Cased Tintype shows two hoop skirted young women seated at their Singer New Family Model 12 sewing machine. The seller said the image came from an estate sale in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, and the family's name was Whitehouse.

-- With permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).

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