Postcard
Singer Advertising Card - Bosnian Man
| Chromolithograph card of a man in "native" Bosnian costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All Nations," set created as a souvenir at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. |
| Image ID: | 57502 |
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| Creation Date: | 1892 |
| Creator Name: | J. Ollmann Lith Co. |
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| Collection Name: | Singer Manufacturing Company records, 1850-circa 1975 |
| Genre: | Postcard |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 2359 |
| Original Dimensions: | 3.125 x 5.25 inches |
| Text on back reads, "BOSNIA, A territory of Europe, enclosed by Dalmacia, Slavonia, Servia, Albania and Montenegro. It was formerly a Turkish Vilayet, but is now under Austro-Hungary. The country is very mountainous and better adapted to grazing and stock raising than to the cultivation of grains. Fruits are an abundant product, especially prunes. The Bosnians are of Slavic stock, finely formed and intelligent. This young man in his picturesque national dress is a fair type of the average Bosnian. The Singer Machine has found its way into the mountain and valley homes of Bosnia and large numbers are sold annually." |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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