The noise drew Whit Washington to the chain stitch machine that would drive her course into entrepreneurship: a hum, a gentle, rhythmic drum of the push and pull of the thread through the fabric.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Shaw & Clark sewing machine (chain ...

The sewing machine is one useful gadget that has made its way from the 1830's when it was first invented by French tailor Barthelemy Thimonnier. Back then it was simply a chain stitch machine that ...