Singer sewing machine ad, 1890sAdvertisement for the Singer Automatic sewing machine, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
First sewing machine, 1846Elias Howes sewing machine, 1846. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Seamstress, 1800sWoman sewing to earn money at home, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HOUS2A-00021Woman stitching a patchwork quilt, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Greek women at their household choresWomen occupied with sewing, spinning, and other household chores in ancient Greece. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HOUS2A-00057Old Knickerbocker family around the tea table, New York Colony, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HOUS2A-00103Young girl learning to sew, frontier America. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HOUS2D-00049Woman reenactor sewing, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
HOUS2D-00063Woman reenactor sewing at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
HOUS2D-00064African-American woman reenactor in a sewing circle at Yorktown, Virginia. Digital photograph
Washington family at Mount VernonDomestic life at Mount Vernon, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HOUS2A-00135Ladies enjoying their sewing circle, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HOUS2A-00149Women sewing at home by light from a window. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HOUS2A-00150Quilting party in western Virginia, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HOUS2D-00048Woman reenactor sewing, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
HOUS2D-00057Womens sewing circle reenacted at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
HOUS2D-00059African-American woman reenactor sewing at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
BUSN2A-00046Women garment workers in the dressmaking department of a factory, about 1890. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration
