The Sewing Machine Combination was the commercial trust that was responsible for the mass production of the sewing machine in the nineteenth century—a commodity that was fundamental to the success of ...

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The sewing machine is an 18th-century idea that ranks as one of the major inventions in history. There were many men whose companies made sewing machines in the 1850s, including Elias Howe, Isaac ...

In the 1850s, a sewing machine cost more than $100. With the average American family taking in about $500 a year, that price put it out of reach for most. Then, in 1856, the I.M. Singer Company ...

Women's work in past centuries included cooking, cleaning and sewing. Before the 19th century, women had to shear sheep or cut flax and spin or weave fabric. Then they were expected to know how to ...

In a previous column, the involvement of Charles Raymond, Guelph’s great sewing machine magnate, in local political and religious affairs was recounted. By 1880, Raymond had climbed the ladder of ...