Postcard
Singer Advertising Card - Italy "Florence"
| Chromolithograph card of a woman from Florence, Italy in "native" costume, posing near a Singer sewing machine. |
| Image ID: | 57850 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1892 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
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| Collection Name: | Singer Manufacturing Company records, 1850-circa 1975 |
| Genre: | Postcard |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6403, Box 2, Folder 10 |
| Original Dimensions: | 3.5 x 5.5 inches |
| Text on back reads, "ITALY (Florence). FLORENCE, La Bella, is a city of the middle ages, differing little to-day, except in the dress of its people, from the Florence beloved by Dante and the Della Robbias. It is famous for its palaces and for its assemblage of paintings, sculpture, and the manuscripts resulting from the genius thought and power in Florence during the time of the Medicis. Ruined by the vice and luxury of that reign, the Florentines have since made little progress. Their chief manufactures are of silk and plaited straw. The photograph shows a Florentine woman of the industrious, middle class stitching a straw hat into shape by means of a Singer sewing-machine. Although the average woman cannot correctly judge the comparative merits of different sewing-machines so far as mechanical construction is concerned, she has a nice appreciation of the difference in their work. The fact that Singer machines always turn out good work is the main reason why they are preferred by the women of all nations. In Purchasing a Family Sewing-Machine, It is Truest Economy to Get the Best. A cheaply made sewing-machine is dear at any price, because faulty in action, liable to break and difficult to operate. That it is truest economy to buy a Singer can be perfectly demonstrated by inquiry at any Singer Store. Singer Stores in Every City. See Singer Store in YOUR CITY." |
| Costume |
| Dresses |
| Hats |
| Sewing |
| Advertising |
| Souvenirs (Keepsakes) |
| Europeans |
| Women |
| Sewing Machines |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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