Pictured is my Singer treadle sewing machine dating to about 1901, previously my mother's and my grandmother's. Many inventors modified and improved sewing machines through the 1800s. Elias Howe and ...

Enclosed is a photograph of a Singer treadle sewing machine that has been in the family for many years. It has a cast-iron foot pedal powered with a drive belt. On each side are three drawers with ...

Both of my sewing machines come from my grandmothers, though neither taught me how to sew. The older one is a child-sized, antique Singer, which can no longer stitch a seam. The hand crank that powers ...