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Image of Sewing frame for binding newspapers, ca. 1880
1967.4276
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Sewing frame for binding newspapers, ca. 1880

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This sewing frame was originally used in Anthony's Bookbindery in Seattle before the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. The book attached, "The Musical Quarterly," a 1946 periodical, demonstrates how the frame worked.
ID Number: 1967.4276
Date: Circa 1880
Physical Description: 1 Frame, Sewing; wood; 42 in.H x 25 in.W
Place Made: United States of America, PENNSYLVANIA, Harrisburg
Credit: MOHAI, 1967.4276
Subjects: Businesses and Corporations

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