"Arab tailor has time to smoke his hookah" while working with a sewing machine, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1963 in the United States. $2.00

    "AWARDED TO THE / UNION / SEWING MACHINE / For the Best Machine for general Use" depicting medal won at the World Industrial & Cotton Centennial Exposition 1884-5, longer than most trade cards, blank back, from Union Manufacturing Company of Toledo Ohio, bend & light toning along left edge. $35.00

    "BOSNIA / (AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.)" advertising card with art showing man in costume & sewing machine, from Singer Manufacturing in 1892, 4 spots of toning along right front edge, corner wear & rounding. Blue in lower right is signature of J. Ottman & word "OVER". $5.00 (abs)

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"Compliments of the / Domestic Sewing Machine Co." c. 1890 ad card with four children playing with various toys, stuck to album remnant, somewhat wavy paper will not lay perfectly flat. $2.50

    "Compliments of the / Domestic Sewing Machine Co." advertising card with goat eating a black man's finery while black women & children listen to him, brief ad of Henry J. Mann of Monroe Michigan on the back. $18.00 (abms)

"CORTICELLLI SPOOL SILK / Is Full Length, Smooth and…" with aproned lady in rural setting picking flowers & thread, some lettering hard to read, ad card / trade card from Armitage Company of Monroe Michigan, brownish paper, circa 1890. $3.00

"DOMESTIC PATTERNS" with 3 women sewing & wearing dresses the patterns for which are advertised on the backside, from the Domestic Sewing Machine Co. of New York City via merchant Henry Mann in Monroe Michigan, fresh appearance, small corner bend, ad card / trade card circa 1890. $14.00

    "DONEGAL PLACE, BELFAST." including trams about to round the corner where the Singer Sewing Machine store was, color within an embossed border, unused, slight browning of the paper with age, 2 album marks on back. $4.50 ns

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    "FABRIC GARDENS / An International Exhibition of Quilts At Expo '90" six unused continental post cards in near mint condition. Artists are Caryl Bryer Fallert, Therese May, Janet Page-Kessler, Adrien Rothschild, Takako Satake & Nancy Whittington. $7.50 for all 6. es NEW / NY / BAGO

"FREE STUFF FOR CRAFTING, SEWING & MORE!" unused color advertising card from Prime Publishing in Highland Park Illinois, fairly fresh. $1.00 s

"FREE TRIAL ISSUE OF SEW BEAUTIFUL" unused color business reply card showing their Italian smocking cover, from Sew Beautiful in Birmingham Alabama, fairly fresh. $1.00 s

    "GOING TO THE SEWING SOCIETY / WITH WILLIMANTIC THREAD" trade card showing children with umbrella riding a spool of thread, heavily toned back. $8.50 (as)

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"…Gooya Card - IRAN / G538 / Masuleh, Gilan, Iran" showing a group of women sewing, also captioned In Arabic, unused continental post card, near mint. $1.25 is%

    "J. & P. COATS 200 YARDS / BEST SIX CORD / WE BEAT THEM ALL" with boy riding locomotive towards viewer, copyright 1881. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 as

    "Madeira. Costumes (Bordadeiras)" showing a group of women sewing and mending, color, mailed 16 JAN 14 from Funchal to Pennsylvania (2-c sower stamp tied neatly), lightly toned back, corner & edge wear. $10.00 ms-f NEW / NY / BAGO

"MERICK THREAD CO. 90" with angel riding spool of thread drawn by butterflies, message on back dates to New York 1879, fresh appearance, ad card / trade card. Nice! $20.00

"NORTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM / 1910 WHITE STEAM STANHOPE / The White Sewing Machine Company began / production of Steam Automobiles in 1900..." unused chrome from a photo by Charles Gray, 1995 copyright. $1.50 amps

"North Lake, Orange, Mass. / Compliments / of New Home / Sewing Machine Co. / ORANGE MASS..." circa 1890 ad card, SAR, lightly toned front. $2.50 (m(o)s)

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    "SEE US FOR YOUR NEXT SUIT / THEO. BIEKER & SON / 4 MAIN STREET HAMILTON, OHIO" with black & white drawing of girl sewing up embarrassing tears in a boy's pants, undivided back mailed 1907, slight yellowing of the paper with age, corner & edge wear. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 ocs

"Série 1. -- No 7 / L'ALGÉRIE PITTORESQUE / A la recherche. . . ." showing a semi-nude Algerian woman sewing, unused sepia-tone continental post card, thin paper adherence & slight thinning across one short back edge. $10.00 nsa

"SEWING MACHINES ON DECK." showing British sailors mending clothing by hand & with sewing machines, black & white from the Star series, unused, considerable corner & edge wear. $6.00 (s(m)s))

    "Standard / Sewing Machine Co. / 66 Euclid Avenue, / CLEVELAND, O." circa 1890 trade card with a bluebird & indigo bunting perched under an umbrella, embossed border with other birds, ad of Henry J. Mann a Monroe Michigan dealer of organs & pianos handstamped on the back, corner & edge wear. $11.50 aboms

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    "Standard / Sewing Machine Co. / 66 Euclid Avenue, / CLEVELAND, O." with two adorable cats playing with fishing gear, embossed, ad of Henry J. Mann a Monroe Michigan dealer of organs & pianos handstamped on the back, minor corner wear, circa 1890 ad card / trade card. $15.00

"Standard / Sewing / Machine / Co. / CLEVELAND, O." monochromatic green showing a girl being kissed by a baby she holds, circa 1890 ad card / trade card, ad of T. F. Sullivan of Lewiston Maine handstamped on back, lightly toned back. $12.00

    "Stickerinnen" showing 3 women embroidering by natural light, sepia-tone real photo continental postcard, pleasing contrast & focus, rough edges as issued accumulated some minor wear, slight oxidation, small bottom corner crease. $3.50 es NEW / NY / BAGO

    "Tailor Shop St. Joseph's Protec- / tory, West Seneca, N. Y." A dozen boys sewing under the watchful eye of a father, unused lithochrome from Buffalo News Company, minor edge wear, light toning on back. Exceptional! $25.00 sns

"The Art Quilt Alliance / February 1-24, 2006" continental postcard publicizing an exhibit & felting class in Newark Ohio, near mint with prepaid postage. (2 available) $1.25 each. os

    "'THE BIRTH OF OUR FLAG' / BETSY ROSS HOUSE / PHILADELPHIA / …PA4" art showing the sewing effort with small inset, linen finish, slight browning of the paper with age but still attractive. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 pfs

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    "THE GOLDEN HOBBY SHOP QUILTERS • GERMAN VILLAGE" in Columbus Ohio, continental postcard, a lot of writing on back that does not pertain. $1.00 o(c)s NEW / NY / BAGO

"The Old Battles Place / near Orange, Mass. / Compliments / of New Home / Sewing Machine Co. / ORANGE, MASS..." c. 1890 ad card, stuck to album remnant, somewhat wavy paper will not lie perfectly flat, lightly toned back. $2.50

"THE STANDARD SEWING MACHINE CO. / 66 Euclid Ave., CLEVELAND OHIO / BUY A / 'Standard' Rotary Shuttle Sewing Machine." With hand outstretched toward small birds, ad of Henry J. Mann of Monroe Michigan on the back, faint corner crease, circa 1890 ad card / trade card. $12.00

"Thousand of Dollars Worth of Patterns gathered in this pile from all over Hamilton, O., from, wrecked Pattern Shop of Hooven Owens & Rentschler Co. during Great Flood, March 1913." sepia-tone with dark red caption, toned back (especially one short edge), mild corner & edge wear, unusual subject matter. $7.00 kos*

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"White, Black & Colors / for / Hand / and / Machine" c. 1890 ad card with little girl & autumn leaves & spool of J&P Coats thread, stuck to album remnant, wavy paper will not lie flat, lightly toned front. $2.25

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