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International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society

The purpose of the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society is to foster the collecting of, and research into, sewing machines.

Manuals

  • New American Sewing Machine

    The New American Treadle, circa 1880 

  • New American Manual
  • The American S. M. Co's New American sewing machine; illustrated instructions, "... for quickly learning the use of the Machine and Attachments"; 32pp; c.1880.
  • American Manual
  • Instructions for using the American Sewing Machine. (Manual scan courtesy of Gary Rait.
  • American No. 9 Sewing Machine - in German (3MB)
  • Gebrauchsanweisung Buch für American No. 9 Nähmaschine

ISMACS is an organization totally independent of all sewing-machine manufacturers, past or present and is not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in these pages.  Please Note: Do not contact any ISMACS official in an attempt to solicit a valuation - it is not possible other than by hands-on assessment and your request will be ignored.

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