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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: manufacture: 1920
use: 1920-1945
Date: use: 1930-1945
Geography: manufacture: Germany
Date: manufacture: 1920
use: approximately 1930-approximately 1945
Date: use: approximately 1930-approximately 1945
use:
Geography: manufacture: Dresden (Germany)
Date: manufacture: approximately 1900-approximately 1939
use: approximately 1900-1945
Geography: manufacture: Russia
manufacture: United States
Date: manufacture: after 1917-1950
use: approximately 1917-1945
Geography: manufacture: Russia
Date: manufacture: approximately 1900
Geography: manufacture: United States
Date: use: approximately 1930-1945
: Record last modified: 2019-12-05 22:37:15
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