Postcard
Singer Advertising Card - India
| Chromolithograph card of two girls from India in "native" costume, posing near a Singer sewing machine. |
| Image ID: | 57879 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1892 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
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| Collection Name: | Singer Manufacturing Company records, 1850-circa 1975 |
| Genre: | Postcard |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6403, Box 2, Folder 10 |
| Original Dimensions: | 3.5 x 5.5 inches |
| Text on back reads, "INDIA. INDIA, the land of adventure, of princely wealth and abject poverty, is inhabited by many different tribes, now rapidly becoming civilized under British rule. These women are tall and slender; gentle, timid, loving creatures, painfully desirous of education, which was denied them until mission schools had been established. Hindoo girls are often betrothed during infancy and are married at the age of twelve. They have dark skins and regular features, a bright intelligent expression, and fine, straight, black hair. Their usual dress consists of loose, gauze trousers, with a short frock of some bright-colored silk or muslin girded by a wide sash. Ears, neck, hands and feet are loaded with ornaments, sometimes of great value. The chief office of The Singer Manufacturing Co. in India is Bombay, having more than fifty subordinate offices scattered all over the Empire. The same liberal system of selling is maintained here as elsewhere, and the increasing use of the sewing-machine in a country whose inhabitants are so intensely conservative, is one of the strongest indications of the silent change caused in the habits of the people through western intercourse. Expert Sewing-Machine Repairs Also sewing-machine oil of absolute purity and the best NEEDLES and PARTS for all machines at Singer Store. Singer Stores in Every City. See Singer Store in YOUR City." |
| Costume |
| Dresses |
| Hats |
| 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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