JAY & LOUISE'S

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SINGER SEWING MACHINE PAGE

CREATED 09/26/1997
LAST UPDATED 12/26/2010

ALL ITEMS PICTURED ARE IN OUR POSSESSION, EXCEPT AS NOTED

SINGER MODEL 15 HAND CRANK FROM THE DESTROYER NO. 95 USS BELL S/N G5904671 (1917)

SPECIAL NOTE

I AM SORRY BUT I DON'T FEEL THAT I AM QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE VALUES FOR MACHINES. ALSO IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCURATELY VALUE A MACHINE FROM PHOTOS. YOU MIGHT CHECK YOUR LOCAL ANTIQUE SHOPS AND THE eBay AUCTION.

FEEDBACK

WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY STRIVING TO UPDATE THIS SITE TO CONTAIN MORE INFORMATION ON EACH SINGER CLASS AND MACHINE. IF YOU FIND A PAGE OR AN IMAGE THAT DOESN'T LOAD PLEASE NOTIFY US BY EMAIL. THANK YOU.

OUR START

WE BOTH GOT INTERESTED IN COLLECTING ANTIQUE AND VINTAGE SEWING MACHINES. LOUISE HAS BEEN A SEWER FOR MANY YEARS AS WELL AS A QUILTER. SHE PURCHASED A SINGER FEATHERWEIGHT FROM A LOCAL DEALER AND SOON AFTER THAT I SPIED AN OLDER ELECTRIC MACHINE AT A FLEA MARKET. WELL THE BUG BIT AND NOW WE ARE UP TO OVER 40 OLDER MACHINES. WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND THE MACHINE PICTURED BELOW AT AN ANTIQUE SHOP IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA. FROM WHAT I CAN FIND OUT IT SEEMS TO BE A RATHER RARE SINGER, MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN AND SOLD TO POORER COUNTRIES. SINGER GAVE ME THE MFG. DATE OF JUNE 6, 1906. WE ARE ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR NEW ADDITIONS.

IF ANYONE WHO IS RESEARCHING A PARTICULAR MACHINE THAT I HAVE PICTURED ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES AND WOULD LIKE A PICTURE OF A CERTAIN DETAIL I WILL BE HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE YOU AT MY EARLIEST CONVENIENCE

PLANS ARE TO ADD MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EACH MACHINE AND A LITTLE HISTORY ON MR. SINGER.

PLACES OF MANUFACTURE

SINGER SEWING MACHINES WERE MANUFACTURED IN FIVE PLACES.

ELIZABETHPORT, (ELIZABETH), NJ - USA

KILBOWIE, CLYDEBANK, GLASGOW - SCOTLAND (THE "K" MACHINES LIKE THE 48K)

ST. JOHNS, (ST. JEAN), QUEBEC - CANADA

ANDERSON, SOUTH CAROLINA - USA (THE "A" MACHINES LIKE THE 301A)

BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT - USA (THIS WAS THE OLD WHEELER & WILSON FACTORY)

EACH SINGER FACTORY WAS A COMPLETE MANUFACTURING FACILITY. ESSENTIALLY RAW MATERIALS CAME IN ONE END AND FINISHED PRODUCTS WENT OUT THE OTHER.

>QUICK REFERENCE<

SINGER MODEL 12

SINGER 48K

SINGER 9W