Posted 2 years ago
JDAVJR
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SINGER sewing machine, serial # G0560559. Think it's a model 127, made in 1923. Any help appreciated.
SINGER sewing machine, serial # G0560559 | ||
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SINGER sewing machine, serial # G0560559 | ||
| Sewing125 of 2600 | | |
Posted 2 years ago
JDAVJR
(1 item)
SINGER sewing machine, serial # G0560559. Think it's a model 127, made in 1923. Any help appreciated.
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Hi, JDAVJR. :-)
I'm kind of flying blind here, because not only are you providing only one picture, I myself can't even see the "G" prefix. Somebody appears to have used that machine pretty hard.
However: per the serial number tables at the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society's website, serial number "G0560559" was one of a block of 35,000 consecutive serial numbers ([G]0526401 through [G]0561400) alotted by the Singer central office to one of its factories December 18, 1923.
All were intended to be stamped into the beds of model 127 sewing machine heads, and probably rolled off of the assembly line by the allotment date of the next block of "G" prefix serial numbers intended for model 127 sewing machine heads (March 19, 1924):
*snip*
G- 0526401 0561400 127 35000 December 18 1923
G- 0708576 0743575 127 35000 March 19 1924
*snip*
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-g-series-serial-numbers.html
About Singer's family of vibrating shuttle sewing machines:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/28
About models 127 and 128 (model 128 is a three quarters size version of model 127):
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/128
A manual for models 127 and 128:
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/manuals/127-128.pdf
About the Elizabethport factory (most "G" prefix serial numbered sewing machine heads were made at 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/
I can't tell you much more about the machine without more pictures; however, here is my collection of vintage sewing machine links:
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/285089-help-for-vintage-sewing-machines
Thanks
JDAVJR, You're welcome. :-)
Something that I neglected to give you a link for earlier is the Identification Guide for Singer models 27 and 127 at wikipedia. It labels the characteristics of most of Singer's vibrating shuttle sewing machine heads that make them instantly recognizable to vintage sewing machine enthusiasts (e.g., the trapezoidal access door, and the long dual slide plates):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Singer.Model27.IdentificationGuide.jpg