Articles on ISMACS
Please note that many of the articles on this site are reprinted from ISMACS magazines. Some of these can be approaching 30 years old and readers should remember that continuing research may well have improved our knowledge base since the original was published.
~~ Graham Forsdyke ~~
Almost a millionaire
GF considers John A Greenough's claim to fame
Carry On Baggage
How to Travel With Your Sewing Machine
Collecting by Default
Why Beryl has Alan in Stitches
Collecting Sewing Machines in Australia
The state of collecting Down Under.
Curtain Capers - A Ghost Story From Battle
Frightened stiff she dropped her tea and the phone.
Doom and Gloom
The future of the sewing machine after the United States' Civil War
GF looks into the strange affair of Walter Hunt
... The man who abandoned a fortune
Hand-Stitch Sewing Machines
... the heyday of the straw hat, with fine bonnets for the ladies ...
Holiday Snaps from Denmark
Martin Gregory finds a Bergmann and Huttemeier and a Petersen of Horsens while on holiday in Denmark.
How to Interpret Registration Marks
Interpreting Board of Trade Registration Marks (1842 to 1883)
So, Who Was Thomas Hood?
Chronological biography of Thomas Hood, the Victorian poet behind the haunting "Song of the Shirt."
How Sewing Machines Form Stitches
The Singer Vibrating Shuttle, Wheeler & Wilson, Willcox & Gibbs
An Interview With Antique Sewing Machine Collector Harry Berzack
Collector's Weekly Interview
Harry Berzack Part II
The Collector's Weekly Interview, continued
Invention of the Sewing Machine: An Alternative History
We wouldn't want our little girls running around with a hole in their stocking, would we?
Men Of Vision 2
Charles Young
Men Of Vision 4
T P Hill
Men of Vision 5
Charles A. Dearborne
Men of Vision 6
Unknown Genius
The Next Generation
"I am 14 years old and a quilter."
An Old Lady is Reborn
England's Queen
The Pinking Machine
... a mechanical go-with ...
To Protect and Conserve
The Riverside Museum in Glasgow