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Actions Displays	Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2006/007:002 DescriptionPiece of test fabric used by Lucy Gershwin on her "Singer" sewing machine. The machine was purchased by her husband, Mark Gershwin (survivor of Buchenwald and Dachau) for Lucy in 1950 in Australia, telling her, “You have to learn to sew to make clothes for the children; it looks like we won’t be wealthy.” Subjectliberation, rag trade, sewing, women Object namesewing materials Materialfibres (fabrics) Dimensions width: 310.00 mm height: 190.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Lucy Gershwin

Object numberM2006/007:002

DescriptionPiece of test fabric used by Lucy Gershwin on her "Singer" sewing machine. The machine was purchased by her husband, Mark Gershwin (survivor of Buchenwald and Dachau) for Lucy in 1950 in Australia, telling her, “You have to learn to sew to make clothes for the children; it looks like we won’t be wealthy.”

Subjectliberation, rag trade, sewing, women

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Lucy Gershwin

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