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Eastern European sewing equipment collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collection consists of six sewing machines, treadle tables, and a scale used in Poland before, during, and after World War II.
Provenance: The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990.
Date: after 1916-before 1950

Geography: manufacture : New York (N.Y.)
Date: 1920
1920-1945
Date: 1930-1945
Geography: manufacture : Germany
Date: 1920
approximately 1930-approximately 1945
Date: approximately 1930-approximately 1945
Geography: manufacture : Germany
Date: approximately 1915
approximately 1915-1945
Geography: manufacture : Russia
manufacture : United States
Date: after 1917-1950
approximately 1917-1945
Geography: manufacture : Russia
Date: approximately 1900
Geography: manufacture : United States
Date: approximately 1930-1945
: Record last modified: 2016-06-01 19:01:04
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