Postcard
Singer Advertising Card - Japanese Woman
| Chromolithograph card of a woman in "native" Japanese costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All Nations," set created as a souvenir at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. |
| Image ID: | 57553 |
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| Creation Date: | 1892 |
| Creator Name: | J. Ollmann Lith Co. |
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| Collection Name: | Singer Manufacturing Company records, 1850-circa 1975 |
| Genre: | Postcard |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 2359 |
| Original Dimensions: | 3.125 x 5.25 inches |
| Text on back reads, "JAPAN, An Insular Empire of Asia, composed of 3,850 islands, the principal of which are Hando and Kio Siu. The Capital City of Tokio [Tokyo] is on the island of Hando at the head of the Bay of Yedo. The inhabitants are of the Mongolian race, are stout and well formed, amiable, intelligent and patriotic. The State Religion has always been Sintoism [Shinto]. The priests are supposed to have descended from the Sun. Japan has a written history for more than twenty-five centuries, and a continuous dynasty since 660 B.C. This picture was taken on the spot and is an exact representation of the native costume. The Singer Manufacturing Co. have offices in all the ports and large cities, and are furnishing the Japanese with thousands of Singer Machines." |
| Clothing and dress |
| Costume |
| Sewing |
| Advertising |
| Souvenirs (Keepsakes) |
| Asians |
| Women |
| Sewing Machines |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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