An 1896 trade catalog in our National Museum of American History Library explains how the Davis Sewing Machine Company pivoted to bike sales at the turn of the 20th century Alexia MacClain Recently, I ...

Trade card, in the form of a jig-saw puzzle, featuring a picture of the Davis sewing machine manufacturing company plant. Picture is a street scene including horse-drawn carriage, and railroad tracks ...

I am wondering if you can steer me in the right direction. I am trying to figure out what year my sewing machine was made. It is marked “Minnesota” and has fancy gold decoration and a hand wheel for ...

Q: What is value on my grandma's Minnesota Model A sewing machine? According to my father, it was bought around 1900 and was built by Minnesota prison inmates. Also, how do I find a replacement belt ...

Dear Helaine and Joe: I am wondering if you can steer me in the right direction. I am trying to figure out what year my sewing machine was made. It is marked "Minnesota" and has fancy gold decoration ...

Trade card featuring two boys. Also in the scene is a dog with a sign around its neck. Notice offering a $1,000 reward for work done on another company's sewing machine that is superior to work done ...