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

Singer Sewing Machine Bosnia Austria-Hungary Costumes All Nations Trade Card 1892

Bosnia (Austria-Hungary)1892PioneerGood

Chromolithograph advertising trade card from the Singer Manufacturing Company "Costumes of All Nations" series, copyright 1892, printed by J. Ottmann Lith. Co. The front depicts a young Bosnian man in full traditional dress — red fez, embroidered vest in red and gold, striped cummerbund, loose breeches, and leather gaiters — standing beside a Singer treadle sewing machine and holding white fabric. Labeled "Bosnia. (Austria-Hungary.)" The reverse carries descriptive text about Bosnia as a territory formerly a Turkish vilayet, now under Austro-Hungary, noting the Singer Machine has found its way into mountain and valley homes.

  • Caption: Bosnia. (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-03733 · The Singer Manufacturing Co. / J. Ottmann Lith. Co.
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