Figure 1 17. — From an advertising brochure, marked in ink, "The National 

 Portrait Gallery, 1855," in the .Singer Company's archives. The brochure 

 states "Howard & Davis, 34 Water Street, Boston, Massachusetts Sole 

 Manufacturers of Robinson's Patent Sewing Machine with Rope[r]'s 

 Improvements.'' (Smithsonian photo 48091 -F.) 



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