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National Sewing Machine Company was a Belvidere, Illinois-based manufacturer founded in the late 19th century [1], operating until 1957. The company manufactured sewing machines, washing machines, bicycles, an automobile, home workshop machinery, and cast-iron toys and novelties (under the Vindex Toy Company label).
A rare Gem-brand sewing machine produced by the White Sewing Machine Company, circa 1887. A sewing machine is a machine used to stitch fabric and other materials together with thread. [1] Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. [2]
A product of the National Sewing Machine Company of Belvidere, Illinois, it was a light, two-seater runabout with left-hand drive or two-row tonneau. The 1904 Eldredge Runabout was a runabout model. It could seat two passengers and sold for US$750.
Page from White company literature. In 1876,the White Sewing Machine Company developed a machine around the vibrating shuttle which became the company's flagship product—so much so that it was originally named the "White Sewing Machine", only later taking the name "White Vibrating Shuttle" when a rotary hook model was added to the product line.
In the early 1960s, The Singer Sewing Machine Company had a dominant share of the world market in domestic and small industrial sewing machines. By 1962, its chain of retail stores were selling their machines, fabrics, haberdashery and patterns – everything for the housewife who made clothes and furnishings. There were 175 retail stores in ...
The machine is a model 191. The Singer sewing machine was the first complex standardised technology to be mass marketed. It was not the first sewing machine, and its patent in 1851 led to a patent battle with Elias Howe, inventor of the lockstitch machine. This eventually resulted in a patent sharing accord among the major firms. [18]
Identification guide. The many Vintage Singer sewing machine models look very similar. All machines in the 27 series (VS-1, VS-2, VS-3, 27, 28, 127, and 128) have the following distinguishing characteristics that can be used to differentiate them from other Singer machines:
Wilson sewing machine earliest model filed in Patent Office November 12, 1850 Wheeler & Wilson four-motion feed sewing machine from 1854. Allen B. Wilson's main achievements were in the area of inventing and improving sewing machines.