Brown Singer Treadle?
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Brown Singer Treadle?
An elderly friend's home in the country was burglarized recently. They stole her grandmother's treadle sewing machine, a prized possession (along with everything of value, including a tractor and all the copper plumbing out of the house).
She's reached the age that she no longer thinks clearly, so I'm not sure I have the right info. She's told me previously that the machine was purchased in the early 50's. Her grandmother had always sewed on a treadle, so she didn't want an electric. (Her grandmother made gorgeous quilts.) I saw it a year or so ago, but it was in the cabinet and had a TV on top, so I didn't ever see the machine itself. It looked like a Singer treadle like my grandmother had.
She called me yesterday about the theft. At that point, she said the sewing machine was brown. Does it seem reasonable that the machine was brown? I can't think of a machine that would have been available in 1950 or so, in East Texas, that would be both brown and a treadle. (I thought I might try looking on Craigslist and those kinds of sites for her machine.) I think maybe she meant the cabinet. I'll see her Friday and can clarify that, but I'd like to start looking now. It means a lot to her.
I had questioned her in the past, and was sure it wasn't a 15-88. I assumed it to be a 201 or a 66, which would be hard to prove one owned, but not a brown treadle. Any ideas about the possibility of brown treadle?
bkay
She's reached the age that she no longer thinks clearly, so I'm not sure I have the right info. She's told me previously that the machine was purchased in the early 50's. Her grandmother had always sewed on a treadle, so she didn't want an electric. (Her grandmother made gorgeous quilts.) I saw it a year or so ago, but it was in the cabinet and had a TV on top, so I didn't ever see the machine itself. It looked like a Singer treadle like my grandmother had.
She called me yesterday about the theft. At that point, she said the sewing machine was brown. Does it seem reasonable that the machine was brown? I can't think of a machine that would have been available in 1950 or so, in East Texas, that would be both brown and a treadle. (I thought I might try looking on Craigslist and those kinds of sites for her machine.) I think maybe she meant the cabinet. I'll see her Friday and can clarify that, but I'd like to start looking now. It means a lot to her.
I had questioned her in the past, and was sure it wasn't a 15-88. I assumed it to be a 201 or a 66, which would be hard to prove one owned, but not a brown treadle. Any ideas about the possibility of brown treadle?
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I have not heard of other colours of Singer treadles but that doesn't mean they don't exist. Maybe Google Singer treadle pictures and see if any come up. So sad that people take advantage of the elderly and that most steal anything not nailed down.
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I've seen a pic of a Singer refurbished in the 40s that was like a dark crinkle green, so why not brown? It would be very unusual but never say never, you know? On the other hand, if she's not thinking clearly, you could be right about her thinking of the cabinet. That's more likely. Does she have any pics of the machine? That would help.
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I feel for your friend having to deal with this violation of her home and sense of security. Is it possible that somewhere in her family photos there is a picture with the machine in it, or could it have been listed in old insurance papers?
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I feel so bad for her. I knew she REALLY wanted to bring that machine to her apartment, but didn't do anything about it. I didn't think I could lift it, so I just put it off. In hindsight, I know some folks in that town I could have asked for help in loading it. Once I got it here, getting it unloaded wouldn't have been a problem.
Thanks for your insight and help. It's not likely I'll be able to find it. She's not even sure when it happened, as she hasn't been there in a few months.
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Thanks for your insight and help. It's not likely I'll be able to find it. She's not even sure when it happened, as she hasn't been there in a few months.
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This thread made me have to go back and look at a machine I saw on Boise Craigslist. It is more white than brown but goes to show that newer models can be treadle machines. I am not sure if this one is original or adapted - at $85 I'd love to go find out but my DH would not approve. [ATTACH=CONFIG]582085[/ATTACH]
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