Machinery Collection

First sewing machine, 1846
Elias Howes sewing machine, 1846. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Putting in seed on a bonanza farm, 1800s
Seeding grain on a bonanza farm, North Dakota, early 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Crystal Palace, London, 1851
Visitors to the Crystal Palace industrial exposition, London, 1851. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Jacquard loom, 1880s
Woman worker using a mechanized Jacquard loom, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illlustration

Machine-spun thread on a bobbin in the Lowell mills
Bobbins with machine-spun thread, Boott Cotton Mills, Lowell, Massachusetts. Photograph

Cotton gin in use by African-American slaves in the South
Slaves using Eli Whitneys cotton gin, invented in the 1790s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

B&O Railroads Tom Thumb steam locomotive, 1830
Passenger car pulled by Peter Coopers experimental locomotive " Tom Thumb" on the B&O Railroad, 1830. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Steam plow on a Dakota farm, 1890s
Farmer using a steam plow in the Dakotas, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Sulky plow, 1800s
Farmer riding a sulky plow drawn by a pair of horses, circa 1890. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Cyrus Hall McCormicks reaper, invented in 1847. Hand-colored woodcut

Knitting mill workers
Workers at their machines in a knitting mill, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Textile workers in a northern mill, mid-1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Lowell girls weaving in Massachusetts textile mills, 1850s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

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Power looms inside the Boott Cotton Mills, Lowell National Historical Park, Massachusetts. Photograph

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Factory workers making rifle cartridges, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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MIll worker tending mule-spinners, an industrial textile machine, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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