The Singer
The lady in red here is sewing bunting together on an old hand operated Singer sewing machine . Yes she turns the crank handle on her right to make it go . This machine is off 1930's vintage but visually they were the same in the 1870's when they were made available to the mass market . I remember reading news papers of that time and these machines were the technical marvel of the age , all clothing and anything that needed to be sewn could now be done with a machine as opposed to doing the task by hand .
Fort Lytton . History Alive
Lytton . Brisbane
The Singer
The lady in red here is sewing bunting together on an old hand operated Singer sewing machine . Yes she turns the crank handle on her right to make it go . This machine is off 1930's vintage but visually they were the same in the 1870's when they were made available to the mass market . I remember reading news papers of that time and these machines were the technical marvel of the age , all clothing and anything that needed to be sewn could now be done with a machine as opposed to doing the task by hand .
Fort Lytton . History Alive
Lytton . Brisbane