Yes, Remington sewing machines were made by the same company famous for firearms. Sewing machines were manufactured during the 1870s and 1880s at the Remington foundry in Ilion, New York. According to Carter Bays, in his Encyclopedia of Early American Sewing Machines, attachments for Remington machines were embossed "The sewing machine like the rifle gun, that beats the world is the Remington".
Here's an imaginative marketing image - a sprite riding a sewing machine on a butterfly!
And another fantastical image: a sewing machine serving as a howdah on the back of an elephant. Remington machines were manufactured as treadle or hand-crank machines. The image in the lower right corner depicts a hand-crank machine; note the feet that support the machine base - they're often referred to as paw feet.
I have never even heard of a Remington sewing machine!
ReplyDeleteLove the elephants in that ad! I love reading all these tidbits you post on the old machines. I have my Grammy's old singer treadle machine but it was converted to electric. I have yet to give it a try..... I wonder if it works? Hmmm.
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