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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, ...

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Agent information: H. S. Swarty. Composed of images and text. Models represented: 1-9, B, C, D. Title from front cover. Description and picture of sewing machine ...

Agent information: F.C. Henderson Co., Boston, MA. Composed of images and text. Models represented: Howe improved style 14-NA and 14-NH. Title from cover. Trade catalog for the new Howe improved ...

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Many people dream of being rich and successful. But some people have had dreams — literal dreams — that led them to riches and success. Here are the tales of two of them. In 1846, Elias Howe Jr. was ...

SEWING needles of bone date back to prehistoric times, and the steel needle made its first appearance in Britain in the sixteenth century. The speed of expert hand-sewing, thirty stitches per minute, ...

Many of the stories that I share in this biweekly column are suggested by readers. These are related to a place or event I remember from growing up during the early baby boom years in the Berkshires.

To sleep, to dream, to gather, dance and try to snatch, out of the ether, a new, life-changing machine. That's the story the subtitles tell in Copenhagen artist Joachim Koester's 2012 film "Of Spirits ...

Sewing wasn’t my most favorite thing to do when I was growing up. In fact, I did everything I could to avoid sewing of any kind. My mom worked at our local Singer Sewing Machine Company store teaching ...