Muller sewing machine history. Murdoch John G. Nahum Salamon. Necchi Sewing machine history. National sewing machine W&G. Needles for Willcox & Gibbs. Nelson John Reed. A forgotten hero. New American Sewing Machine. New England Sewing Machine. New stories by Alex Askaroff (Have faith! Read this amazing story). NATIONAL SEWING MACHINES. By Claire Sherwell & Alan Quinn. The Main Model Types. Rotary Machines – One bobbin cover plate to the left of the machine. Serial number at base of upright pillar or on the underside of machine. Click on thumbnail images to see larger pictures. It was only when I went through the drawers did I note there was a manual in there and realized it was a sewing machine cabinet. By golly, there was a sewing machine tucked inside! How far I have come. May I introduce you to the Improved Eldredge Rotary. It is a sewing machine worth noting, as I do see these on occassion so they are still out. Manufacturers Index - National Sewing Machine Company-Vindex Division. National Sewing Machine Company-Vindex Division Belvidere, IL, U.S.A. Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery. There is currentely no Serial Number Registry Steward for this manufacturer. 'Free Sewing Machine Company.In 1895 the Illinois Sewing Machine Co was founded using assets from the former Royal Sewing Machine Co of Rockford, Illinois. Free became the president by 1910, and organized a parent company - the Free Sewing Machine Co. Production continued in Rockford until 1958, when it relocated to Los Angeles, California.
National Sewing Machine Company was a Belvidere, Illinois-based manufacturer founded in the late 19th century.[1] 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).[2]
History[edit]
Barnabas Eldredge was an industrialist connected with the Ames Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts, a firearms manufacturer that also produced sewing machines with Eldredge. Ames sold off its sewing machine dies and equipment to Eldredge, who went to Chicago. There he joined forces with the existing June Manufacturing Company, founded in 1879 by F. T. June; June Manufacturing already produced the 'Jennie June' model. The 'Jennie June' was eventually replaced by a superior model designed by Eldredge. Eldredge took over the company in 1890 on the death of June, renaming it National Sewing Machine.[3]
Eldredge led the company until his death in 1911. He was succeeded by David Patton.[3]
Harold D. Neff headed up the Vindex toy division between 1916-1951; Vindex was the name of a product line of National's washing machines.[2] National Sewing Machine Company and Farm Mechanics magazine partnered up, with the magazine offering Vindex toys as incentives to children to sell magazine subscriptions.[2]
National Sewing Machine Company Serial Numbers
In 1953 National merged with the Free Sewing Machine Company but was unable to compete with the imported Japanese sewing machine models and the National Sewing Machine Company closed in 1957[4]
Products[edit]
National Sewing Machine Company's 'Happy Day' washing machine, circa 1910
- Bicycles[2][5]
- Cast-ironscale models
- Cars from Oldsmobile and Pontiac
- Harley-Davidson motorcycles
- A power shovel
- Farm machinery from John Deere, Case, and Van Brunt
- Dog door stops
- Banks (dog and owl)
- Cigarette lighters (bulldog)
- Home workshop machinery
- Vises[3]
- Food grinders[3]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^List of American Sewing Machine Manufacturers A to Z, David Best, SewMuse, 2011 (retrieved 12 February 2012)
- ^ abcdVindex Toys, Bill Vossler, FarmCollector.com, March 2001 (retrieved 12 February 2012)
- ^ abcdFrom Eldredge to National to Janome, Graham Forsdyke, ISMACS News (International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society), Issue 55, April 1997 (retrieved 11 February 2012)
- ^National Sewing Machine Company, David Best, SewMuse, 2005 (retrieved 12 February 2012)
- ^Bicycle Brands, The Wheelman (retrieved 12 February 2012)
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