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Singer Sewing Machine Hungary Austria Costumes All Nations Trade Card 1892
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Pioneer · 1892

Singer Sewing Machine Hungary Austria Costumes All Nations Trade Card 1892

Hungary (Austria-Hungary)1892PioneerGood

Chromolithograph advertising trade card from the Singer Manufacturing Company's "Costumes of All Nations" series, copyright 1892, printed by J. Ottmann Lith. Co. The front shows a Hungarian country tailor seated at a Singer treadle sewing machine, embroidering an elaborate peasant state dress displayed on a mannequin beside him — the garment richly decorated with red, green, and blue embroidery typical of Magyar folk costume. Labeled "Hungary. Austria-Hungary." The reverse carries descriptive text about Hungary as a Central European country of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, noting the Singer Company's 28 offices there.

  • Caption: Hungary. Austria-Hungary.
  • Publisher: The Singer Manufacturing Co., copyright 1892; printed by J. Ottmann Lith. Co.
  • Series: Costumes of All Nations — distributed at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago
  • Status: Unposted
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PC-03730 · The Singer Manufacturing Co. / J. Ottmann Lith. Co.
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