Figure 86. — Empire sewing machine, late 1 86< >s. Al- 

 though an Empire Sewing Machine Co. existed in 

 New York in the 1860s (the predecessor of the 

 Remington-Empire Co.), it is not known whether 

 this machine was manufactured by that same com- 

 pany, which was primarily concerned with pro- 

 ducing shuttle machines. This chainstitch machine 

 is marked ""Empire Co.. Patented April 23. 1863." 

 the date referring again to Ketchum's patent. It is 

 very similar to Folsom's Globe, except that it has 

 claw feet rather than a closed base; the painted 

 designs on the base of both are almost identical to 

 those on the Monitor. Its spool holder, mounted in 

 reverse, is a crude imitation of the Folsom patent. 

 The Empire machines were probably manufactured 

 about the same time as the Wilson machine. (Photo 

 courtesy of The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield. 

 Village. Dearborn, Michigan.) 



Figure 85. — Globe sewing machine with treadle 

 attachment as illustrated in Scientific American, 

 April 21, 1866. (Smithsonian photo 48221-A.) 



Figure 87. — Atwater sewing machine, 1858. Atwater 

 machines, based on the patent of B. Atwater, issued 

 May 5, 1857, were manufactured from 1857 to about 

 1860. The machine illustrated, which is designed to 

 be operated by a hand-turned wheel, has an upper 

 forked dog feed, and its horizontally supported 

 spool is directly over the stitching area. Like the 

 others, it has a striated pillar and claw feet. 

 The manufacturer is unknown. (Smithsonian photo 

 P63200.) 



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