The Essex Sewing Machine Company

Kimball and Morton 1902 Lion Figural Sewing Machine

Maggie Snell's 'Almost a 10' Sewing Machine

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.

Essex Miniature Machine

Chain Stitch,
hand & electric

Essex Chain Stitch Manual
Essex miniature sewing machine instruction book (hand & electric). Undated (c. 1960), 12 pages. An inexpensive functional, lightweight, chainstitch machine unfairly described as a toy. Made in Wanstead, UK.

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