Toy Sewing Machine

Loan from Christopher and Reba-Jean Pichette • Digital image © Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assoc. • Image use information

About this item

This sewing machine was one of the many toys manufactured in the “occupied zones” of Japan and Germany during World War II. This one was made in the British zone of occupied Germany. Soldiers purchased toys such as this to send or bring back to their children.

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Details

Item typePersonal Objects
Toy, Game
Date1945
PlaceGermany
TopicHome Life, Household Items, Furniture
Family, Children, Marriage, Courtship
Gender, Gender Roles, Women
EraGreat Depression and World War II, 1929–1945
Catalog #M.37
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Toy Sewing Machine. 1945. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/m-37/. Accessed on December 8, 2024.

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