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- I also have an Eldridge treadle with same markings, but mine does not have the National Sewing Machine Company badge and I don't see national anywhere. I am dying to know the age. My number on machine is 2031395 (the number 1 is not really clear, but that's my take on it). I just got it today and saw your blog about another treadle.
- Every part of this antique sewing machine appears to be original to it (including the mounting bolt which is included in this auction) and the painted serial number 31157 matches the serial number stamped into the metal which is shown in picture number 11 (there is a small letter 'K ' marked above this serial number as well).
- A sewing machine by any maker with a serial number of 500 or less would be considered early, desirable and pretty rare. Low serial numbers by more obscure makers would be even better. At the left is an example of a sewing machine called the Ne Plus with serial # 21. It dates from the mid 1850's.
Although I didn't recognize the name on the box, Eldredge Manufacturing Company, out of Illinois, one second's worth of googling turned up this article about the Eldredge/National Sewing Machine company. Which, yes, was based in Belvidere, Illinois, in the period around 1896.
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Eldredge Sewing Machines 1880s
Sears 'clone' machine of Singer New Family (?) (1897 Sears Catalog)Eldredge vibrating shuttle sewing machine (Photo courtesy of G. Bethel)
Vibrating Shuttle Sewing Machines 1880s-1890s
Head of Acme vibrating shuttle machine (1897 Sears Catalog)Acme sewing machine in treadle cabinet (1897 Sears Catalog)
Iowa vibrating shuttle machine in treadle cabinet (1897 Sears Catalog)
Head of Minnesota vibrating shuttle machine (1897 Sears Catalog)
New Queen sewing machine in treadle cabinet (1897 Sears Catalog)
Prifzlarf sewing machine (Photo courtesy of G. Bethell)
Goodrich sewing machine (Photo courtesy of G. Bethel)
Vibrating Shuttle Sewing Machines 1900s-1920s
Improved New Goodrich sewing machine (Photo courtesy of G. Bethel)National Weyemouth Mercury sewing machine (Photo courtesy of G. Bethel)
Bracket motor turned under the arm when not in use
Brunswick sewing machine (Photo courtesy of G. Bethell)
Brunswick sewing machine head (Photo courtesy of G. Bethell)
Shorter Portable Brunswick with cast iron base (Photo courtesy of G. Bethell)
Windsor B sewing machine (Photo courtesy of G. Bethell)
Vibrating Shuttle Sewing Machines 1920s-1930s
National Damascus sewing machine (Photo courtesy of G. Bethel)Late model Windsor B sewing machine (Photo courtesy of G. Bethell)
Rotary Sewing Machine
Position of the automatic tensionPosition of the stitch regulator, bobbin winder, and loose pully
National Damascus Grand sewing machine (Photo courtesy of G. Bethel)
National sewing machine (Photo courtesy of G. Bethell)
Volo Electric sewing machine (Photo courtesy of G. Bethell)
Vaucelle Rotary sewing machine (Photo courtesy of G. Bethell)
Chain Stitch Sewing Machine
Western Electric chainstich sewing machine (Photo courtesy of G. Bethell)Two Spool Sewing Machine
Mechanism of the Eldredge two-spool machineSide View of the Eldredge two-spool machine
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Eldredge Sewing Machine Serial Numbers Diagram
THE NEEDLEBAR
NATIONAL SEWING MACHINES
By Claire Sherwell & Alan Quinn
The Main Model Types
2. 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
Eldredge Sewing Machine Serial Numbers Website
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Size | Spool Pin | Stitch Length Control | |
Rotary A1 | Rounded | Front | (Eldredge Rotary) 1904-08 Early bobbin & case. The hook cover has curved edges, whereas all later machines had rectangular hook cover plates. |
Full | Shoulder Center Arm - Raised | Bed Screw - lever | (Pritzlaff) Not Reversew (National's name for reverse sewing ability), |
Full | Shoulder Center Arm - Raised | Bed Screw - lever | |
R41 | Rounded | Face Plate | (R41) Modernized Rotary A c1948: Reversew, separate reversing knob on bed. Non-electric. |
Full | Shoulder | Bed Screw - lever | Internal motor patented Oct. 5, 1920 by Charles H'Doubler, later modifications. Electric, not Reversew. |
Full | Shoulder Center Arm - Raised | Bed Screw | |
Rotary 1120 | Rounded | Face Plate | (1120) Electric portable. |
Full | Shoulder | Pillar - lever | Electric model, motor not built in, Reversew, krinkled finish. Light patented in 1935. Bed 14 5/8' long x 6 13/16'. |
Full | Shoulder | Pillar - lever | (R40) Electric, Reversew (no knob on bed of machine). c1949. |
Machine#32-16055(model name or number unknown. 32?) | Rounded | Face Plate | (Princess) Features of R40 (electric Reversew without the reverse knob) and R41 (non-electric Reversew with the reverse knob, but without the central spool pin towards the center of the arm). Sub model version of the R41 with the Rotary B body. Separate reversing lever knob on bed. |
Full | Shoulder | Pillar - lever | 'Rotary Bobbin Reversew Wrinkle' finish (or perhaps Ward instead of Wrinkle). Electric. Howard Barber's 1938/9 patented opening faceplate with hidden light design for Montgomery Ward incorporated into this National model. Sold as Montgomery Ward. |
Full | Shoulder | Pillar - lever | |
N-50 | Angular | Face Plate | Made by Portman, not National, and sold under various names. See Portman album in NeedleBar's Picture Library. |
¾ sized | Shoulder | Bed Screw | 1935. Aluminum body, motor to front. Charles H'Doubler's thread control mechanism in the machine head. Sold as General Electric. |
Full | Shoulder | Bed Screw | (Eldredge Two Spool) Uses small spool of thread in a canister 1914/1916 onwards. Serial numbers begin with H, after inventor |
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