A stitch in time saves nine – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A stitch in time saves nine
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Titled after the old saying that a stitch in time saves nine, this c1907 print turns a proverb about mending early into a joke, and its caption tags point to a humorous treatment of sewing and household life. The saying appears in English as early as the 1500s and warns that a small repair made promptly avoids a much larger job later. Comic photographic prints of this period often staged everyday domestic scenes for laughs, so this one likely belongs to that tradition. Beyond its title and subject tags, the record gives few details about the scene itself.
| Created / published | c1907. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: proverbs; Humor; Sewing; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,249 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-138851 |
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