IN Cornhill, Boston, thirty years ago, there was a shop for the manufacture and repair of nautical instruments and philosophical apparatus, kept by Ari Davis. Mr. Davis was a very ingenious mechanic, ...

Sewing thread has gone through many changes over time, as a result of technological advances – including the invention of sewing machines, cotton mercerization and the introduction of synthetic fibers ...

Author Martha Stewart writes in our 101 Objects Special Issue: Isaac Merritt Singer's sewing machine was a vast improvement upon earlier versions, capable of 900 stitches a minute -at a time when the ...

Vintage sewing machines, some dating from the mid-1800s, will be featured in the "Stitches in Time" exhibit in the Union Museum of History and Art, from February 3 through 27 at 211 N. Main Street, ...

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Fonder Sewing Machine Company opened its first location in 1946 at 333 S. Phillips Ave. It was sharing space with a business called Household Appliance Company in the small storefront. Fonder was ...