Rare 1880’s USA Antique Treadle Eldredge B Sewing Machine Coffee Top Stand Works. $2,800.00 +$284.85 shipping. Also a manufacturer of automobiles in the early 1900s, the National Sewing Machine Company was formed by the consolidation of two Illinois based manufacturers: the Eldredge and June companies. The Eldredge Sewing Machine Company was originally located in Chicago, Ill, and manufactured machines from 1869 through 1890.
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NATIONAL SEWING MACHINES
Antique Eldredge Sewing Machine
By Claire Sherwell & Alan Quinn
The Main Model Types
2. Rotary Machines– One bobbin cover plate to the left of the machine. Serial number at base of upright pillar or on the underside of machine
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Size | Spool Pin | Stitch Length Control | |
Rotary A1 | Rounded | Front | (Eldredge Rotary) 1904-08 Early bobbin & case. The hook cover has curved edges, whereas all later machines had rectangular hook cover plates. |
Full | Shoulder Center Arm - Raised | Bed Screw - lever | (Pritzlaff) Not Reversew (National's name for reverse sewing ability), non-electric. Rotary machines manufactured after January 1st, 1916 use certain slightly different parts eg tension and face plate. |
Full | Shoulder Center Arm - Raised | Bed Screw - lever | |
R41 | Rounded | Face Plate | (R41) Modernized Rotary A c1948: Reversew, separate reversing knob on bed. Non-electric. |
Full | Shoulder | Bed Screw - lever | Internal motor patented Oct. 5, 1920 by Charles H'Doubler, later modifications. Electric, not Reversew. |
Full | Shoulder Center Arm - Raised | Bed Screw | |
Rotary 1120 | Rounded | Face Plate | (1120) Electric portable. |
Full | Shoulder | Pillar - lever | Electric model, motor not built in, Reversew, krinkled finish. Light patented in 1935. Bed 14 5/8' long x 6 13/16'. |
Full | Shoulder | Pillar - lever | (R40) Electric, Reversew (no knob on bed of machine). c1949. |
Machine#32-16055(model name or number unknown. 32?) | Rounded | Face Plate | (Princess) Features of R40 (electric Reversew without the reverse knob) and R41 (non-electric Reversew with the reverse knob, but without the central spool pin towards the center of the arm). Sub model version of the R41 with the Rotary B body. Separate reversing lever knob on bed. |
Full | Shoulder | Pillar - lever | 'Rotary Bobbin Reversew Wrinkle' finish (or perhaps Ward instead of Wrinkle). Electric. Howard Barber's 1938/9 patented opening faceplate with hidden light design for Montgomery Ward incorporated into this National model. Sold as Montgomery Ward. |
Full | Shoulder | Pillar - lever | |
N-50 | Angular | Face Plate | Made by Portman, not National, and sold under various names. See Portman album in NeedleBar's Picture Library. |
¾ sized | Shoulder | Bed Screw | 1935. Aluminum body, motor to front. Charles H'Doubler's thread control mechanism in the machine head. Sold as General Electric. |
Full | Shoulder | Bed Screw | (Eldredge Two Spool) Uses small spool of thread in a canister instead of a bobbin in a case. Later machines were electric using same electrical parts as Rotary C. 1914/1916 onwards. Serial numbers begin with H, after inventor Richard Hohmann. |
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Rotary Shuttle Machines
– One bobbin cover plate to the left of the machine. Serial number at base of upright pillar or on the underside of machine
Eldredge Sewing Machine Serial Numbers
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Model | Size | Body Shape | Inspection Plate(s) | Upper Tension | Stitch Length Control | Notes |
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Rotary A1 | Full | Rounded | Shoulder | Front | Bed Screw | (Eldredge Rotary) 1904-08 Early bobbin & case. The hook cover has curved edges, whereas all later machines had rectangular hook cover plates. |
Rotary A2 | Full | Rounded | Shoulder - Centre Arm Raised | Face Plate | Bed Screw Lever | (Pritzlaff)Not Reversew (National's name for reverse sewing ability),non-electric. Rotary machines manufactured after January 1st, 1916 usecertain slightly different parts eg tension and face plate. |
Rotary A2 (no picture) | Full | Angular | Shoulder - Centre Arm Raised | Face Plate | Bed Screw Lever | Law p.22 |
R41 | Full | Rounded | Shoulder - Centre Arm Raised | Face Plate | Bed Screw Lever | (R41) Modernized Rotary A c1948: Reversew, separate reversing knob on bed. Non-electric. |
Rotary B | Full | Rounded | Shoulder | Face Plate | Bed Screw Lever | Internal motor patented Oct. 5, 1920 by Charles H'Doubler, later modifications. Electric, not Reversew. |
Rotary 110 | Full | Rounded | Shoulder - Centre Arm Raised | Face Plate | Bed Screw | (1100) Hand crank c1929. |
Rotary 1120 | Full | Rounded | Shoulder | Face Plate | ? | (1120) Electric portable. |
Improved Eldredge IEB | Full | Rounded | Shoulder | Face Plate | Pillar Lever | Electric model, motor not built in, Reversew, krinkled finish. Light patented in 1935. Bed 14 5/8' long x 6 13/16' |
R40 | Full | Rounded | Shoulder | Face Plate | Pillar Lever | (R40) Electric, Reversew (no knob on bed of machine). c1949 |
Machine#32-16055(model name or number unknown. 32?) | Full | Rounded | Shoulder | Face Plate | Bed Screw Lever | (Princess) Features of R40 (electric Reversew without the reverse knob) and R41 (non-electric Reversew with the reverse knob, but without the central spool pin towards the center of the arm). Sub model version of the R41 with the Rotary B body. Separate reversing lever knob on bed. |
RBR-2W | Full | Rounded | Shoulder | Face Plate - Inside | Pillar Lever | (RBR-2W) Reversew, electric. |
N50 | ¾ Sized | Angular | Rear | Face Plate | Bed Screw - Front | Made by Portman, not National, and sold under various names. See Portman album in NeedleBar's Picture Library. |
Rotary 'D' | ¾ Sized | Rounded | Shoulder | Face Plate | Bed Screw | 1935. Aluminum body, motor to front. Charles H'Doubler's thread control mechanism in the machine head. Sold as General Electric. |
Two Spool | Full | Rounded | Shoulder | Face Plate | Bed Screw | (Eldredge Two Spool) Uses small spool of thread in a canister instead of a bobbin in a case. Later machines were electric using same electrical parts as Rotary C. 1914/1916 onwards. Serial numbers begin with H, after inventor Richard Hohmann. Latest malayalam hd movies sites. |
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