Singer Manufacturing Company’s Office, 1897Singer Manufacturing Company’s Office, 1897
Bombay, Maharashtra
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LOT 8655, Location F
Singer Manufacturing Company’s “India – Hindu Family” card, 1897Singer Manufacturing Company’s “India – Hindu Family” card, 1897
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LOT 8655, Location F
Since its founding in 1851, the Singer Manufacturing Company has dominated the world market with its sewing machines. By the end of the nineteenth century, the business had a network of offices spread across the globe, with thriving operations in Bombay and Calcutta. Cards that advertised the latest machines were distributed at the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893.