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For 100 years the H. Fisher & Fils Montreal sewing supply shop operated on the city’s storied St-Laurent Boulevard. Now the ...
If you ever wonder what makes the WMC SC- Sewing Machine Secrets so popular among sewing enthusiasts, you’re not alone. This ...
Before there were DMs or selfies, there were watercolour self-portraits, and an American artist boldly used one to send a sensual painting to her lover.
On Wednesday, the Wisconsin supreme court ruled to overturn the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban, determining that a more recent law, criminalising abortions only when the fetus is viable ...
Magneto-Electric Machine (late 1800s) Toward the end of the 19th century, electromagnetism became popular in the creation of legitimate medical devices as well as quack therapeutics.
As the area transformed and other garment stores moved away, H. Fisher & Fils remained, operated until 2022 by Esther Fisher, ...
Montreal Jewish museum reopens century-old sewing shop as a pop-up exhibit MONTREAL — For 100 years, H. Fisher & Fils was a fixture of Montreal’s garment industry, serving up orders of buttons, bolts ...
Adelaide Beeman-White looks like a time traveler from the 1890s as she walks down a busy, four-lane road in the Cedar Mill area, just west of Portland. She’s on Northwest Murray Boulevard heading to ...
A rare 19th-century condom decorated with an erotic etching featuring a nun and three clergymen is going on display at a museum in the Netherlands.
Here’s where to look, what to look for, how much to spend, and what to do once you’ve bought a used vintage sewing machine.