To Sew A Strip of Fabric by lakefaerie

Photography • Historical • posted on Jul 06, 2006

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The North Pinellas Historical Museum is located inside "The Hartley House" in Palm Harbor, Florida. This house is fascinating. Well, the couple who built it are fascinating. In 1910, Mr. Hartley purchased *one* machine that produced concrete blocks. This machine made three concrete blocks at a time, and they were cured by being left in the sun. Because he was a frugal and patient man, he said there was no point in buying more than one of these machines, so the whole house was built 3 blocks at a time. It took nine years, and in 1919, Ida and Tom Hartley moved in. This sewing machine was donated by the Palm Harbor Historical Society to the museum.

Comments (7)

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nattarious

9:23AM | Thu, 06 July 2006

WOWWWWWW!!! That thing is realy old my friend.. Love the shot and the selective colouring :) Interesting angle as well. Very well done... And have a great day. JOE

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jancory

9:32AM | Thu, 06 July 2006

this really brings back memories! my greataunt helen had one of these & i often sewed doll clothes on it...thank you!

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Zacko

9:34AM | Thu, 06 July 2006

What a wonderful story. 3 blocks at a time....wow. Beautiful photo to accompany that store, and i love the selective coloring. Have a wonderful day. #:O)

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lakefaerie

11:27AM | Thu, 06 July 2006

Thank you so much, everyone. Jancory- I'm glad it brought back pleasant memories for you, if I made you smile, then I achieved my goal :) Andreas- I couldn't have done the coloring without you. I learned how by using your tutorial on your site :) You so rock, my friend.

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TwoPynts

12:48PM | Thu, 06 July 2006

Now THERE is a piece of history. Lovely use of selective coloring, but I would have liked to have seen the sewing machine off-center and mor to the right. Go Florida! =]

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