EARLY TYPES OF SEWING-MACHINES 



The upper picture shows an exact copy of the first successful lock-stitch 

 sewing-machine made by Elias Howe, in 1845. The cloth to be sewn was held 

 vertically pinned to a thin strip of metal made for the purpose. The lower shows 

 one of the first Singer sewing-machines the type of all modern machines 

 made in 1854, and still in working order. 



