In case anyone is interested - the Omaha one looks like the aftermath
of the Easter Sunday tornado in the (IIRC) 1930's. There is an area
in the Western Heritage museum in Omaha that has pictures and news
articles about it. It was one of the worst tornados in terms of both
damage and casualties until fairly recently.
Sandy (from Omaha, now Lincoln)
At 06:33 PM 6/24/2011, you wrote:
Yes. It says so on the third link where you see both sides of the postcard
that the machine is insured against all these events.
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Lavolta Press <[email protected]>wrote:
> Can anyone tell me why the Domestic Sewing Machine Company postcardss
> featuring pictures of major natural disasters? Was the idea that in the
> event of floods, cyclones, etc., your sewing machine would still be present
> and intact?
>
> See:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/FREE-**SEWING-MACHINE-TORNADO-**
> CYCLONE-OMAHA-NEBR-POSTCARD-/**160539991871?pt=LH_**DefaultDomain_0&hash=*
>
*item2560eddf3f<http://cgi.ebay.com/FREE-SEWING-MACHINE-TORNADO-CYCLONE-OMAHA-NEBR-POSTCARD-/160539991871?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2560eddf3f>
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Free-**Sewing-machine-insured-**
> Memphis-Flood-Trade-Card-/**160607705199?pt=UK_**
>
Collectables_Postcards_MJ&**hash=item2564f7186f<http://cgi.ebay.com/Free-Sewing-machine-insured-Memphis-Flood-Trade-Card-/160607705199?pt=UK_Collectables_Postcards_MJ&hash=item2564f7186f>
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/OH-DAYTON-**Flood-Fire-Free-Sewing-**
> Machine-AD-UN-R805-/**110694324371?pt=LH_**DefaultDomain_0&hash=**
>
item19c5e55893<http://cgi.ebay.com/OH-DAYTON-Flood-Fire-Free-Sewing-Machine-AD-UN-R805-/110694324371?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19c5e55893>
>
> Fran
> Lavolta Press
> Two new books of 1880s patterns!
> www.lavoltapress.com
> www.facebook.com/LavoltaPress
>
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