If you've ever wondered where your vintage machine has been in it's life........
then these photos may explain a lot!
Click the links below and the click on the pictures and scroll around the picture:
Chain stitching: http://www.shorpy.com/node/2504
Dress shop 1919: http://www.shorpy.com/node/12634
Singer's "On the Dock" 1903 (check the right side of the photo): http://www.shorpy.com/node/12046
Singer machine in a migrant camp 1936: http://www.shorpy.com/node/13436
Flood refugees & their Singer 1937: http://www.shorpy.com/node/14174
Sewing class 1925: http://www.shorpy.com/node/5773
Sewing Sailors 1896: http://www.shorpy.com/node/8152