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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.

Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Company

Our Grover & Baker
  • Grover tune-up
  • Expert repair advice from W. Funk in the 1890s for tuning Grover & Baker machines, detailing critical adjustments to the trunnel, spiral driver, bolster, nippers, and bunter after years of use.
  • The Lancashire Sewing Machine Company
  • Judkins? Bradbury? Grover & Baker? What we know about the Lancashire Sewing Machine Company...
  • Our Grover & Baker
  • Poetic and effusive praise from an 1864 New York Times article, describing the Grover & Baker sewing machine as "pleasant to the eye" and a magical device that transforms "icicles into blossoms."
  • To Protect and Conserve
  • The Riverside Museum in Glasgow

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