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Posted 4 years ago

susieswan
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1956 Singer Sewing Machine, serial No. AM437454, Model 15
Has original accessories and manual and is working condition.

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keramikos, 4 years ago
Hi, susieswan. :-)

In case you're wondering why your pictures are mostly sideways, it's probably because Collectors Weekly Show & Tell software doesn't play nicely with all photograph sources, particularly some makes and models of smart phones and tablets.

If you want them to orient properly, you can edit copies of your photos, and trim them so that the long sides are a bit shorter. Then edit your post, replacing the existing photos with the edited copies. That usually does the trick.

Anyway, yes, your machine is 1956 vintage. The central office allotted a block of 50,000 consecutive serial numbers for model 15 machines in March 1956, and didn't allocate another block for model 15 machines until December of the same year:

AM- 411036 461035 15 50000 March 8 1956

AM- 579086 629085 15 50000 December 10 1956

http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-am-series-serial-numbers.html

About the model 15:

https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/15

The model 15 was indirectly responsible for Singer's decline:

https://www.quiltingroomwithmel.com/2017/01/singer-15-clone-vintage-sewing-machines.html

http://www.institchessewing.ca/bring-in-the-clones/

It looks like your machine might be a model 15-91?:

https://www.sandman-collectibles.com/id-singer-machines.htm#4

http://needlebar.org/main/15chart/index.html

I know you said you had a hard copy manual, but a soft copy never hurts:

http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/manuals/15-91.pdf

Here's a gallery of accessories:

https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/gallery_accessories

Your decal set is called Trefoil:

https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/decals/decal17

I can't see the face plate or the rear access panel, but here is a gallery for you to browse:

https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/gallery_faceplates

Your cabinet looks like a slight variation on Cabinet No. 65:

http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/65_cab.html

Your machine was made at the Elizabethport factory (all AM prefix serial numbered machines were made there):

http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/singer_dating_by_serial_number.html

About the Elizabethport 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/

Here's a collection of vintage sewing machine links in case I forgot anything:

https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/285089-vintage-sewing-machine-help

But feel free to ask questions in a comment here.

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