Posted 4 years ago
Juve66
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Old singer sewing machine found in a basement believe it’s 1869 but not 100% sure I looked up serial number found some info but would love if somebody had more information to verify it the number is G3480043
Your machine Serial #G3480043 was manufactured in 1910 according to ISMACS. You can check it for your self at the following site.
http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-g-series-serial-numbers.html
Just back-filling and mopping up again.
The 'birthdate' of this machine is neither 1869 nor 1910.
Per the Singer serial number tables at ISMACS, serial number G3480043 was one of a block of 25,000 consecutive serial numbers ([G]3455476 through [G]3480475) that was allotted by the central office to one of the factories (in this case, Elizabethport) February 18 1914 and all were destined to be stamped into the beds of model 66 machines, probably before April 15 1914 (the allotment date of the next block of "G" prefix serial numbers destined for model 66 machines):
G- 3455476 3480475 66 25000 February 18 1914
G- 3544476 3569475 66 25000 April 15 1914
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-g-series-serial-numbers.html
ELIZABETHPORT
G-2,500,000 to G-4,400,000 1913 1915
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/singer_dating_by_serial_number.html
It probably did, because WWI hadn't yet started in April 1914. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was still alive and Singer was still humming with production of sewing machines for households and industry.
About the model 66:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/66
The famous Red Eye decal set (which was only ever applied to model 66 machines and only in U.S. Singer factories):
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/decals/decal10
A manual for a treadle-mounted model 66 (the model 66-1 has a back-clamping presser foot, but that only really matters if you're trying to find attachments for a back-clamping machine):
https://archive.org/details/Singer661Manual
About the factory:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/elizabethport
https://www.ericwilliamsblog.com/left-behind-in-elizabeth-the-singer-manufacturing-company-part-1/
https://www.ericwilliamsblog.com/left-behind-in-elizabeth-the-singer-manufacturing-company-part-2/