Fascinating Sewing Machine Trade Cards
10-01-2014, 06:00 PM
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Fascinating stuff. I have a feeling a comment is being made on past and present but can't put my finger on it. On the surface the message seems to be look how much better off with a new Davis sewing machine but I feel rather than think there is something deeper. Perhaps I'll look at this card months or years from now and see something different.
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10-01-2014, 10:10 PM
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I think maybe the artist has the drawings reversed. In reality, the “before” scene could have been an affluent lady that just bought a new Davis sewing machine on the payment plan. Soon the payments got to be more than she could handle, and even though she sold off most of her home furnishings, the Agent came and repossessed her Davis machine, leaving her as shown in the “after” scene in poverty, dressed poorly, and sewing for hire by candle light to barely put food on the table.
Oh, if she had only bought a Singer instead.....but now she can only dream of what could have been....
CD in Oklahoma
Oh, if she had only bought a Singer instead.....but now she can only dream of what could have been....
CD in Oklahoma
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10-02-2014, 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by SteveH
a lot of these old cards are themed with the "before sewing machines life was drudgery, now that you have a sewing machine life is good!" concept.
10-02-2014, 02:43 AM
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Originally Posted by ThayerRags
I think maybe the artist has the drawings reversed. In reality, the “before” scene could have been an affluent lady that just bought a new Davis sewing machine on the payment plan. Soon the payments got to be more than she could handle, and even though she sold off most of her home furnishings, the Agent came and repossessed her Davis machine, leaving her as shown in the “after” scene in poverty, dressed poorly, and sewing for hire by candle light to barely put food on the table.
Oh, if she had only bought a Singer instead.....but now she can only dream of what could have been....
CD in Oklahoma
Oh, if she had only bought a Singer instead.....but now she can only dream of what could have been....
CD in Oklahoma
My card has been corrupted. Argh!!! Anyways the next image is much lighter in content as I was starting to get a headach from the first one:
PS---I wasn't sure what a "cog" was so I looked it up
"a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear"
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10-02-2014, 04:10 AM
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Originally Posted by jlhmnj
My card has been corrupted. Argh!!!
So what do you think the subliminal message is in the second card image? Do you suppose Davis was trying to appeal as being “homey”, similar to a politician kissing babies at a rally?
CD in Oklahoma
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