In 1829, a French tailor named Thimmonier patented a wooden chain-stitch sewing machine, but all existing models were destroyed by rioting tailors who feared their jobs. Walter Hunt, an American, developed a sewing machines in 1832 but failed to patent it. Thus, the man is uaully credited with it’s invention is Elias Howe, who patented his in 1846. All of his machines were run by hand.
In 1859, Isaac Singer, whose name has become a household word because of his mass production of the sewing machine, developed the food treadle, an improvement that left the hands free to guide the fabric, and mass-produced those machines.
Singer spend $1 million a year on sales promotion and by 1867 was producing a thousand machines per day.
In 1853, after the Gold Rush attracted thousands of men to California in search of gold, a 20 year old Bavarian immigrant by the name of Levi Strauss opened a dry goods store in San Francisco. In 1873, he began to manufacture long wearing pants with riveted pockets, using a touch cotton called serge de Nimes, which later shortened to denim.
In 1859, Isaac Singer, whose name has become a household word because of his mass production of the sewing machine, developed the food treadle, an improvement that left the hands free to guide the fabric, and mass-produced those machines.
Singer spend $1 million a year on sales promotion and by 1867 was producing a thousand machines per day.
In 1853, after the Gold Rush attracted thousands of men to California in search of gold, a 20 year old Bavarian immigrant by the name of Levi Strauss opened a dry goods store in San Francisco. In 1873, he began to manufacture long wearing pants with riveted pockets, using a touch cotton called serge de Nimes, which later shortened to denim.
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