International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society

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Domestic Sewing Machine Company Manuals

Colorful Victorian-era Domestic Sewing Machine Company trading card featuring decorative borders and company branding

Domestic Trading Card

Franklin Long Shuttle
The Franklin long shuttle sewing machine, model no.117.42, Instructions for using (24pp). A vibrating shuttle machine based on the Singer 27; made by Domestic; badged and retailed by Sears Roebuck from 1911.
Franklin Rotary
Instructions for Operating the Franklin Rotary Sewing Machine; Sears, Roebuck and Co.; 1926
No. 3 & 4
The Domestic S.M. Instructor. Manual for the Domestic 'Light Running' machine (No. 3 & No. 4 pictured) and attachments; 32pp; c.1890.
Domestic Model D Looper Card
(Courtesy of Drew Ritland)
Domestic Model D Sewing Machine Instructor Manual
(Courtesy of Drew Ritland)
The 'New Domestic' Sewing Machine Instructor
Manual courtesy of Carol Pepper-Kittredge
Domestic Rotary Number 19 Sewing Machine
Domestic Rotary 153 Series
Domestic rotary series 153, Instruction manual (56pp)

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