Name/Title
Machine, sewingEntry/Object ID
1993.003.0001Description
White Family Rotary Sewing Machine. Serial No. FR2611657. Treadle Machine mounted in blond wood cabinet. Contains 2 drawers with miscellaneous accessories and directions book.
Accessories within machine:
Drawer 1 (top drawer):
1. 1 instruction book
2. 1 edge stitcher guide
3. 1 advertisement for a sewing machine repairman
4. 1 set of Wallace and Sans pins
5. 1 wooden case of sewing machine needles (5 needles)
6. 1 spool mecerized navy blue thread
7. 1 bobbin of burgundy thread
8. 1 nut, 1 metal grommet, 1 250 volt plug, 1 round metal plate. 1 thumb tack, 1 schlage door lock instruction sheet.
9. Buttons - assorted 6 large, 13 med., and 1 small
10. 1 accessory box containing: 2 buttons, 1 gauge screws to attach different "foots:, 1 cabinet key, Part No. 233 (quilter) 1 washer, No. 807. Gauge, no. 345 Hemmer, No. 548 foot gatherer, No. 843 pressure foot, 1 shirring plate, 1 5 stitch ruffler, 1 binder, 1 underbraider, 1 tucker, 5 unidentifiable foots patented 7-7-1891, 1 edge stitcher foot patented 6-23-1914.
Drawer 2 (bottom drawer)
1. 1 red and which cotton dish towel (No. 67005)
2. 2 blue plastic buckles
3. 1 cloth with pins and needles
4. 1 piece of binding (white) approx. 2 feet
5. "Puritan" pyramid pins (1 container)
6. 1 broken leather belt to drive the sewing machine
7. 1 set of Wallace and Sons pins
8. 4 white buttons on a card
9. Two blue packets of needles, containing no. 1 sewing needles
10. Two blue packets containing No. 2 needles
11. 1 tape measure
12. Three cardboard spools of brown thread
13. 1 pi. Scissors
14. 1 hair pin
15. 1 sewing machine screw driver
16. 2 tan shaped buttons
17. 1 bobbin with black thread
18. 1 ribbon approximately a foot long
19. Cluster of safety pins
20. Metal egg shaped capsule with thread in it
21. 1 spool of quilting thread (off white), 2 spools of silk thread (black and blue), 4 spools of mercerized cotton (1 tan, 1 black, 2 royal blue)
22. wooden capsule containing 9 sewing machine needles. Patent dated Jan. 26, 1909
23. Assorted buttons: 3 large, 11 med., 1 small
24. 3 needles in cork, Patent No. 2076; item no. B-D- 20
25. Red plastic button
26. Assorted hook and eye closures attached to fabric (6 pieces of fabric)Collection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection
