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Our Mothers' Patterns
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Spools of silk thread brought from Japan by Maki Kudo around 1900, wrapped in a silk furoshiki cloth
1 of 19 		Cover of 'How to Use the Singer Sewing Machine (Janome Type) model I5 K83'
2 of 19 		Inside cover and inserted page in 'How to Use the Singer Sewing Machine' booklet.
3 of 19 		Advertisement for Singer electric.
4 of 19 		'Attachment for hemming,' page 22, 'Attachment for quilting,' page 23.
5 of 19 		'Attachment for gathering,' pages 32, 35.
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Advertisement for Singer electric, page 6 and 7.
7 of 19 		Pattern templates used by Kinori Oka
8 of 19 		Kohide Nakamura's yosai bako
9 of 19 		A pair of scissors and tweezers used by Kohei Saito at his tailor shop on Powell Street
10 of 19 		Two metal ring thimbles used by Kimiko Saito
11 of 19 		A square, ruler, and French curve used by Miyoko Takeuchi for dressmaking from the 1930s on.
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Motoko Sakamoto's Singer treadle sewing machine, ca. 1920s. JCNM Collection, gift of Minnie Hattori.
13 of 19 		Spools of thread used by Sayoko Hattori
14 of 19 		Brass and wood caliper, and bone hera
15 of 19 		Tape measure and leather thimble
16 of 19 		Bachelor Buttons, ca. 1940s, and pin cushion, ca. 1950s or '60s. Mary Ohara Collection, JCNM.
17 of 19 		Bone hera and wooden handled brass tracing roller used by Sawae Nishikihama
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