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    Old 10-30-2010, 08:26 PM
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    I think I found a Singer class 15 from 1951. The serial number is AK511358. Does that look right? It needs some electrical help, like a new plug/cord,and a good cleaning, but I want to tackle it. It was too pretty to pass up. I hope I can do it justice!
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    Old 10-30-2010, 08:29 PM
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    Got to Singer Sewing Machine serial Numbers on Google and you can find the year it was made. I just found mine on there and it was made in 1893. It is a Singer Treadle that belong to my Mother-in-Law. It still sews.
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    Old 10-30-2010, 08:31 PM
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    I can see why you wanted to bring her home with you, she is a beauty :D:D:D
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    Old 10-30-2010, 09:08 PM
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    That's the machine my mother had, that I learned to sew on. Loved it! Great machine!
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    Wow.. would love to have one. I learned to sew on one simular to that one... I don't know what my grma did with it.. wish I had it now.. Congrats on your new baby.. :)
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    Old 10-31-2010, 03:57 PM
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    I, too, learned on a Singer like this -- believe it was from the 30's, belonging to my maiden aunt who lived with us. She herself taught me. Later, she sold it to my mother when she got a cabinet model, and years later, after mom had a stroke, my dad got it cleaned & repaired, and gave it to me for Christmas. I still use it for most of my sewing. Doesn't sew backward, nor any fancy stitches. It just sews forward, with any size thread and any needle -- and does that eminently well!
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    Old 10-31-2010, 04:28 PM
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    Aren't these old machines just wonderful! The stories they could tell... I wish I could hear them all!
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    cool
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