Name/Title
Singer Manufacturing Co. treadle sewing machine and Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. motorEntry/Object ID
2300Description
Singer Manufacturing Co. treadle sewing machine and Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. motor. Used by Iva Gayhart at the Perfection Garment Company in Ranson, W. Va., in the 1920s.
(a) Singer Manufacturing Co. treadle sewing machine. Serial number G3199907. Patented USA Oct 10-1911, June 14-1910.
Found in compartments of sewing machine:
--4 spools of yarn
--pincushion
--packet of Crowley's Lion Brand needles
--2 fabric rulers
--4 bobbins
--thimble
--cord
--miscellaneous metal parts
(b) Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. Sewing Machine Motor. Made in Pittsburg, Pa. A.C. 60 cycles, 110 volts. Serial number 165395. Patented December 26, 1993. (Not part of original sewing machine (2300a) but later added to the machine.) Stored SR1/SU4/S3.Acquisition
Accession
704Source or Donor
Chamblin, MargeAcquisition Method
Gift