Rock Island Arsenal Museum posted The Museum collection includes a 1924 Singer sewing machine that was used for production in the early-20th century. |
My sister has my aunt's Singer sewing machine that was built in 1967. It is very heavy because it is made with metal --- no plastic.
Then my Mom remembered that she had the machine of another aunt in her sewing cabinet which she uses as a desk
It came with quite a few accessories. My wife enjoyed reading the instructions for the accessories because it reminded her what was in fashion after the war.
And then the day after I discovered these two machines, I came across a reference to NJI&I. This is a railroad built by Singer to serve the industries by their plant in South Bend, IN in 1905. It stood for New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois Railroad, the three states in which Singer had plants. (The plant in New Jersey was at Elizabethport.) Singer built a plant in South Bend in 1868 because Studebaker had established the town as a manufacturing center and because it was surrounded by oak and walnut hardwood trees. This plant made their cabinets. By 1905 it was producing 10,000 cabinets per day. During World War II "Singer was contracted to make wooden airplane parts, ammunition crates, and wooden buoys. Whatever could be made from wood instead of aluminum, which was in short supply, was crafted in factories like Singer. By 1944 the plant even built more than 500 gas tanks for the war effort.... After the war, Singer could not cope with union demands or competition from the growing consumer market. In short, more women were buying their clothes than making them." (SubStreet)
Before diving deeper into Singer, I note an even earlier sewing machine:
Historic Photographs posted Buckeye sewing machine from 1867. |
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James Holzmeier posted Singer History |
This has some photos & description of the New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois (NJI&I) railroad roundhouse in South Bend, Indiana. The NJI&I was a Wabash RR subsidiary serving primarily the Singer Mfg. Co. in South Bend.
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Eric Zerkle comment on the posting |
John F. Metzger shared [A view of a treadle machine cabinet from the back. This illustrates why Singer opened a plant in South Bend to make cabinets from hardwoods.] |
Steve OConnor posted seven photos with the comment: "First time I ever saw a treadle sewing machine thrown to the curb for garbage pickup. Serial number says it was made July 10, 1919. Patty finally has her Singer treadle sewing machine she always wanted."
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4 Therese Ryan-Haas Sure looks to be a Red Eye!Therese Ryan-Haas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJSwBmjNEQA |
5 Therese Ryan-Haas Show Patty Clayton O'Connor this lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foDLRYvfL-0... |
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Connor Marie posted One of my favorite abandoned homes. It’s two hours south of dekalb county. Mary Ann Kaylor That Singer machine is an antique. Lisa Druien I like that it's still threaded - like someone just got up to do something and was coming right back. Fern Whitley Theres even a thimble on the sewing machine. Christine June Renee Wills That's an old Singer. Great grams had one restored. Beth Ahrens My grandma had a Singer sewing machine just like that. Pa Barker My mom had a sewing machine exactly like that. Kathy Morey Pa Barker I made my maternity clothes in the 70’s on a machine just like that! Theresa Leek I learned how to sew on my mom's identical machine. Thomas Sanders Use to watch my mom sew on a machine like that. She kept it in excellent condition even for some years after getting an electric one. She preferred the manual for some things. Michele Brown My dad has one in the basement of our house I sold it for $400. Fern Whitley Michele Brown wow most people get hardly anything for them!!! You did good. Rhonda Compton-Flannigan I would love to have that sewing machine. I learned to sew on one like it and I still prefer to use them. They were a much better made machine. [The machine is still treadle powered. (My grandma had one that was converted to electricity.) Note that the buttons were stored in a frying pan. That spreads them out so that it is easier to find a particular type.] |
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I believe you have some ambiguity in this particular posting, as the text near the top says that your wife has her aunt's 1967 Singer sewing machine; however, the pictures appear to be of a portable aqua and white New Home Deluxe.
If you look just below the edge of the machine bed on the left hand side (hidden on your machine by the portable case), you'll see a black and silver metal plate that should have a variety of information about the machine, such as the model and serial numbers.
Here is a full picture of one of those labels from another source (this one is a New Home model 534):
https://www.quiltingboard.com/attachments/main-f1/263412d1317081600-attachment-263359.jpe
https://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1/new-home-534-a-t156377.html
Here is a New Home model 444 (the model I think yours might be):
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-1960s-home-double-duty-sewing-428580364
As to the little black Singer below the New Home machine: that is a rather special machine. Not only is it what is known as a Singer Featherweight (a Singer model 221 or 222, in your case a model 221-1), it has one of the blue-ringed Centennial badges. Singer Featherweight enthusiasts drool over machines like this.
Centennial-badged Singers weren't necessarily manufactured exactly in the centennial year (1951), and if you want to date yours more precisely, you can make note of the serial number and then look it up, either on the dedicated Featherweight website (which shows you pictures of where to find the serial number), or in the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society's serial number tables:
https://singer-featherweight.com/blogs/schoolhouse/dating-your-featherweight-machine
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-sewing-machine-serial-number-database.html
https://singer-featherweight.com/blogs/schoolhouse/centennial-1851-1951
Cheers. :-)