Sewing machine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ROTARY HOOK/LOCK-STITCH/ELECTRIC/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1950–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.1159.001
- MANUFACTURER
- FREE SEWING MACHINE CO.
- MODEL
- FREE WESTINGHOUSE DE LUXE ALC
- LOCATION
- Rockford, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 912116
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 23
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METALS, INCLUDING CAST IRON AND STEEL; RUBBER/WOODEN CASE; FABRIC COVERING/.2-.23 METAL,.2-.3 ALSO HAVE SYNTHETIC PTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 47.0 cm
- Width
- 21.5 cm
- Height
- 35.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Textile working
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- FREE
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Rockford
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
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Unknown - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 "FREE-WESTINGHOUSE" stencilled front & back of arm/ decal on arm: "Manufactured by/The/Free Sewing/Machine Co./Rockford, Ill./ U.S.A."/decal 'ELECTRIFIED BY W/WESTINGHOUSE/ ELECTRIC'/ PLATE ON MOTOR 'WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION/ MADE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/ 115 VOLTS D.C. OR A.C. 25 TO 60 CYCLES/.7 AMPS STYLE NO. 955902-F/ WESTINGHOUSE/ W/ NP38946-A'/ PLATE 'SERIAL NO. 912116/ MODEL ALC/ MADE IN ROCKFORD, ILL. U.S.A.' STAMPED NEAR PLATE 'TYPEFCP'/.3 'U.S.A. PAT./ 2593519'/.4 'GREIST', 'TUCK' & #'S/.5 &.11 'GREIST/ RUFFLER'/.6 'GREIST/ BINDER/ PATENTED'/.7-.8,.13..15-.18 'GREIST/ HEMMER'/.9-.10 'GREIST/ *
- Missing
- None evident
- Finish
- Mottled brown finish on machine/light and medium brown coloured case.
- Decoration
- N/A
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FREE SEWING MACHINE CO., Sewing machine, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1984.1159, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.1159.001/
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