Before that day, the idea of sewing by the aid of a machine had never occurred to him. ELIAS HOWE, the inventor of the sewing-machine, was born in 1819, at Spencer, in Massachusetts, where his ...

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. – Clearly, this old sewing machine is a relic. Quite an antique. It’s a Howe model, dating back to at least 1872, and ranks among some of the first sewing machines ever ...

In 1819, inventor Elias Howe created the first American sewing machine. It was patented in 1846 and had an enormous impact on society . (Women who wanted a job could now find employment operating ...