Figure 77. — (New) Buckeyi sewing machine of 

 about 1875. The Buckeye machine was one of 

 several manufat hired by W. < .. Wilson of Cleveland, 

 Ohio. It was licensed under Johnson's extended 

 patent of April 18, 1867. Although it was small and 

 hand turned, it used two threads and a shuttle to 

 form a lockstitch. The machine was sufficiently 

 popular for Wilson to introduce an improved 

 model in the early 1870s, which he called the New 

 Buckeye. W. (i. Wilson continued to manufacture 

 sewing machines until about the mid-eighties, 

 although the Buckeye machines were discontinued 

 in the seventies. (Smithsonian photo 4552 I \ 



Figure 78. — Centennial sewing machine, 1876. The Centennial machine was basically a 

 McLean and Hooper sewing machine which was renamed to take advantage of the coming 

 Centennial celebration. It was based on the patents of J. X. McLean, March 30. 1869. and 

 August 2, 1870. and made a two-thread chainstitch. Only about five hundred Centennial 

 machines were manufactured in 1873, but by 1876 over three thousand had been constructed. 

 The machines were advertised on white circulars which were printed in red and blue, and 

 engraved with two women sewing, one by hand, labeled "Sewing in 1776." and one at a 

 Centennial sewing machine, labeled "Sewing in 1876." There is no record that the machines 

 were made after 1876. (Smithsonian photo 48216-T.) 



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