My mother was a young military wife in the early 50s; she bought a machine "on time" from a traveling salesman, and earned a goodly amount of "pin money" for the time by altering uniforms, sewing on stripes and patches, etc, in addition to sewing for herself and (later) children. A number of her friends did the same.
Liadain Practical Blackwork Designs http://practicalblackwork.com http://practical-blackwork.blogspot.com "You get a wonderful view from the point of no return..." -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 8:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [h-cost] Domestic Sewing Machine Disaster Ads In a message dated 6/25/2011 3:01:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I believe a sewing machine was considered a key item with which to start from scratch and be able to support yourself Years ago, one of my fellow costume history graduate students did her thesis on the marketing of sewing machines. IIRC, one company sold them via installment payments and also touted the ability of a woman to make her own living with one. Ann Wass _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
