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Elias Howe 1867
Elias Howe

Elias Howe (July 9, 1819 – October 3, 1867) was an American inventor. He invented the sewing machine. Elias Howe was the inventor of the first American-patented sewing machine.


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  • US-Patent4750-sewing machine

    Elias Howe's Sewing Machine U.S. Patent #4,750 issued 10 Sep 1846

  • EHoweCane1 Shillelagh

    Elias Howe Jr's Shillelagh (cane) he used during the Civil War.. Click on photo of its attached engraved Silver ID plaque, on left side of this page, for a closeup. In the R Andre Stevens Civil War Collection.

  • Elias Howe Monument (1873), Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT - April 2016

    Elias Howe Monument, sculpted by Salathiel Ellis (1873), Seaside Park, Bridgeport, Connecticut.

  • Elias Howe commemorative stamp 5c 1940 issue

    Howe commemorative, 1940

  • EHoweJr Shillelagh 1862-1865

    An engraved Silver ID plaque on a Shillelagh (cane) that Elias Howe Jr used during the Civil War, whilst he was serving as Postmaster in the 17th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment from 1862~1865.


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