Figure 106. — Lathrop sewing machine of about 1873. These machines were manufactured by 

 the Lathrop Combination Sewing Machine Co. under the patents of Lebbeus W. Lathrop of 

 1869, 1870, and 1873. The machine used two threads, both taken from spools; moreover, it 

 produced not only the double chainstitch. but it was constructed to produce also a lockstitch 

 and a combined -lock and chain stitch." The machine illustrated bears the serial number 31 

 and the patent dates of Grover & Baker, and Bachelder among others, in addition to the 

 first two Lathrop patent dates. The company lasted only a few years as it is included in the 

 1881 list of manufacturers that had ceased to exist. (Smithsonian photo 46953-F.) 



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