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Singer sewing machine patent model
1889
factory machine for making buttonholes
American goods were increasingly made in factories as companies adopted large-scale, standardized production methods in the late 1800s. Specialized machines took the place of manual tasks -- such as sewing buttonholes for ready-made clothing -- speeding up the work to meet the growing demands of a nation of consumers. The advent of more simply constructed women's apparel in the 1890s gave a further boost to the clothing industry. |