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Huastec Decorated Conch Shell Trumpet (1200 - 1500 AD) - Mexico.

Smith and Wesson .44 New Model No. 3 Single-Action Revolver, serial no. 25120. ca. 1888. Credit line: Gift of Gerald Klaz, M.D., Trustee - The Gerald Klaz Trust, 2007 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/24973

Carved from an Oak stump by Alex Johnson

Today is National Sewing Machine Day! This photograph shows a Singer sewing machine salesman demonstrating how the machine works. The Singer treadle sewing machine had a cast iron base and treadle. The machine also folded down into a cabinet.

Stephen Dingilian (left), a Singer sewing machine salesman. Sirvi-HIssar. photographs c. 1899 Armenian Repository: Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States HOLLIS number: 8000903763

This image is part of FAL’s Digital Images and Slides Collection (DISC), a collection of images digitized from secondary sources for use in teaching and learning. FAL does not own the original artworks represented in this collection, but you can find more information at HOLLIS Images (link in bio).