Figure 123. — Standard sewing machine of about 1870. This chainstitch 

 machine is believed to have been made by the company that later became the 

 Standard Shuttle Sewing Machine Company, when they began manufactur- 

 ing lockstitch machines about 1874. This machine is marked with the name, 

 "Standard," and with the dates ''Patented July 14, 1870, Patented Jan. 22, 

 1856, Dec. 9, 1856, Dec. 12, 1865." The dates refer to the reissue and extended 

 reissue of the Bachelder and the A. B. Wilson patents. The number of chain- 

 stitch machines of this type that were manufactured is not known. (Smith- 

 sonian photo 45506-C.) 



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