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Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thinks Emile James would have to pay a 30% customs duty on sewing machines, not 45%.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-04
Emilie James intends to import sewing machines like those in the enclosed advertisement. He is in dispute regarding the customs duties for the machines as the last tariff bill does not clearly define the rate for such goods. He asks Theodore Roosevelt what he estimates this rate to be.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-12-17
Colorized stereograph showing a tailor on a ship working at a sewing machine. The tailor is wearing a white uniform and is smoking a pipe. A second sailor in a white uniform is sitting in the background. Text on the reverse of the stereograph comments on the importance of tailoring work onboard any navy ship.
As printed on the reverse of the stereograph, “No one is in greater demand on board ship than the ship’s tailor, and he has his hands full all of the time. The repairing end of the business is the heaviest and the strict discipline on board ship makes neatness and cleanliness come next to obedience. Every sailor must keep his clothes in repair and is taught to use the needle and thread almost as soon as he starts in to be a sailor.”
Photograph showing two women seated at sewing machines in front of Theodore Roosevelt, one woman, and a group of men at the workshop at Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, New York.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1915-05-15
An advertisement for a shoe repairing machine featuring a print of a man seated on a stool in front of a sewing machine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-12-17