Postcard
Singer Advertising Card - Portuguese Couple
| Chromolithograph card of an Portuguese couple from Vianna in "native" Portuguese 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: | 57674 |
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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, "PORTUGAL, A Kingdom of South-west Europe, occupying the Western part of the Spanish Peninsula, and at one time the greatest Maritime Power in the world. It is bounded East and North by Spain, and West and South by the Atlantic. The country is mountainous, but the valleys are fertile and the climate mild. The vine is cultivated extensively and Port Wines largely exported. Portugal was colonized by the Phoenicians at an early date. 200 B.C. they were conquered by the Romans, who were overthrown six centuries later by the Vandals and Visgoths. The present Portugese [Portuguese] are a mixture of the old Roman stock and these Northern races. The language is very like the Spanish. Our picture represents a young couple of Vienna in their provincial costume. The Singer Company have numerous offices in Portugal, and sell annually many thousands of their Machines." |
| Costume |
| Dresses |
| Hats |
| Sewing |
| Advertising |
| Souvenirs (Keepsakes) |
| Europeans |
| Men |
| Women |
| Sewing Machines |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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