The NeedleBar Guide to
Belvidere, Illinois, USA
Standard Sewing Machine Company Serial Numbers Manufacture
By Claire Sherwell & Alan Quinn
The company that IMPORTED this machine was the Standard Sewing Equipment Co, NY. The company that SOLD the machine called it a 'Universal'. This may have been a branch of Standard Sewing Equipment, or another retailer. The MANUFACTURER of the machine is Koyo, from Osaka, Japan. I found this info from Google: STANDARD SEWING EQUIPMENT CORP. Date your Jones Sewing Machine. Please see the below table to date your Jones Machine. From Sewing Machines we have had with manuals (from which you can get a date) to data collected via the Internet here is a very rough guide you can use to estimate the age of your Jones Sewing Machine. Jones originally in or around 1880 started with a simply numeric list of serial numbers for all their.
To prevent automated spam submissions leave this field empty. Home; Browse; Classifieds; Forums; Events; Q&A; Blog.
The names on the following machines are examples of the models offered. National probably produced more badged names than any other company. In particular, identification is sometimes difficult because many different machines across the range were sold under the Eldredge name (after Barnabas Eldredge, founder of National). The following pages attempt to identify the various features of the differently styled models produced by National.
Further details may be found in NeedleBar's Picture Library.
If you have examples not featured or other information please write to the NeedleBar Forum and send pictures to Claire at nbforum@btinternet.com
Dating information is being collected by Annie Kusilek who may also be contacted in the NeedleBar Forum.
Click on the links below for information about identifying National sewing machines:
National Vibrating Shuttle Machines
National Rotary Machines
The National pages are still under construction
© 2008, 2009 The NeedleBar. All Rights Reserved.