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PICTURES:
What Came First page:
[1] “Needle & Thread” by Wendi D. Taken August 4, 2005. http://flickr.com/photos/46215570@NOO/31279275 [accessed April 1, 2009].
First Machines Page:
Picture one:
[2] James Paton, F.L.S.; Superintendent of Museums and Art Galleries of Corporation of Glasgow from 1876; Assistant in Museum of Science and Art, Edinburgh, 1861-76; President of Museums Association of the United Kingdom, 1896; editor and part-author of Scottish National Memorials, fol. 1890. Chain stitch picture
Picture Two:
Barthelemy Thimonnier picture left from http://www.moah.org/exhibits/virtual/sewing.html
Picture Three:
[7] James Paton, F.L.S.; Superintendent of Museums and Art Galleries of Corporation of Glasgow from 1876; Assistant in Museum of Science and Art, Edinburgh, 1861-76; President of Museums Association of the United Kingdom, 1896; editor and part-author of Scottish National Memorials, fol. 1890. Lockstitch picture
American Inventor page:
Picture One:
[1] “Elias Howe.” People of Connecticut. http://www.netstate.com/states/peop/people/ct_eh.htm [accessed March 20, 2009]. February 25, 2005
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Picture Two:
[2] “Early Sewing Machine by Elias Howe, c1846.” Science Museum/Science and Society Picture Library, picture taken October 29, 2003, http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/images/1031/10302078.aspx
Howe Vs Singer Page:
Picture One
“Isaac Singer”. Inventor of the Week, Lemelson-Mit Program. http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/singer.html [accessed March 20, 2009], p1.
Impact on America page:
Picture One
“19th Century Advertisement”. “American Cultural History”. Photo credits to Peggy Whitley 2003. Kingwood College Library, updated June 2008. http://www.kclibrary.lonestar.edu/19thcentury1850.htm [accessed April 1, 2009].