Sewing machines
Minerva - a company connected with Boskovice for many years. In the pictures below, you can see advertisement of the company and a serie od photos depicting everydayness during 60s.
Minerva - history of the company
This handbill of Minerva enables us to imagine how much money a sewing machine cost. It was possible to buy it with a case or without it.
Manuals were a part of each package.
In the lower part of this handbill, you can see that the founding of the company is connected with two Czech men who worked in Vienna – Rezler and Komárek.
Popis jednotlivých částí šicího stroje
a, a2 – cívky
b, b2 - očka
c, c2 – napínací kotoučky
d, d2 – zadní napínací kotoučky
e – regulační pérko
f – kolmý uvolňovací háček
g – vodící háček
h, h2 – podavač nitě
i, i2 – očka
j – plechové ouško
k, k2 – vodící očka
l – jehla
m – podložka
Brand of Minerva
Advertisement used in the 2nd half of the 20th century.
Exercise of civil defence in 1961
Minerva gained the Red flag.
A photo taken during a visit of German and Soviet comrades.
A celebration of International Women's Day
Canteen
Two cooks preparing lunch for employees
How to use a treadle sewing machine
