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RECEIPT FOR SEWING MACHINE

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c. 1890

Overview

Yellowed pieces of paper with black text, in several pieces that have been repaired with adhesive tape which has damaged the paper. Because of the damage the text is barely legible. Text reads: [Office of THE SINGER MANUFACTURING / 6 at et.al.]. Possible model number is written as [824308?].

Historical information

Assuming the handwritten number on the receipt is the serial number of the sewing machine purchased, the item purchased would have been manufactured between 1888 and 1895. The item must have been purchased overseas as the Singer Manufacturing Company did not have a presence in Australia at the time but had offices in New York, Hamburg, Quebec, London and Glasgow. The McGurk family likely brought it over when they emigrated to Western Australia.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2013.53

Item type

Documents

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Ink

Paper

Width

150 mm

Height or length

140 mm

Keywords

PROSPECT Road ARMADALE

SINGER SEWING MACHINE Co

MCGURK Family

ARMADALE

Year

c. 1890

Statement of significance

MEDIUM
Social: The importance of home clothing manufacturing and repair before the proliferation of commercial shops in the district.
Representativeness: The need for an ability to make and repair clothes and other manchester before the proliferation of commercial shops in the local district in the late 1960s.
Provenance: Used by the McGurk family. Most likely they brought it over from Great Britain.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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