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| Title: |
Singer Advertising Card - Philippine Islands "Manila" |
| Description: |
Color chromolithograph card of a young woman from Manila in the Philippine Islands in "native" costume, posing near a Singer sewing machine.
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| Image ID: |
57864 |
Creation
Date: |
1892 ca. |
Creator
Name: |
Unknown
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Collection
Name: |
Singer Manufacturing Company : Records, 1850-ca. 1975 |
| Genre: |
Ephemera |
Additional
Information: |
Text on back reads, "PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (Manila). LITTLE has been said or written about the Mestizos, or half-breed ladies of Manila. They combine the superstition of the negro with the grace and languor of the creole, and the features of either the Chinese or Japanese. Their favorite costume is a long, loose robe of bright-hued silk, and their long, flowing hair forms their mantilla.
This illustration is reproduced from a photograph taken in Manila in 1892, and intended to form part of the series of National Costume cards prepared for distribution at the Chicago Exposition. It now has a peculiar interest to the women of America, because of recent events connecting the United States with the Philippine Islands, where Singer sewing-machines are, as in every other part of the world, one of the foremost factors in civilization.
Time Tells the Story
There is a big difference between the cost of making a first-class sewing-machine, embodying the best of materials and workmanship, and one which is made in the cheapest manner. The buyer of the cheap machine soon pays the difference of price in the constant cost for repairs, to say nothing of its annoying inefficiency.
SINGER SEWING-MACHINES DO GOOD WORK DURING A LIFETIME" |
| Subjects: |
Costume
Dresses
Sewing
Advertising
Souvenirs (Keepsakes)
Asians
Women
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