orgSewing Machine Serial Number SearchHow To Identify An Antique Treadle Sewing Machine | Our PastimesISMACS InternationalInternational Sewing Machine Collectors' SocietyAlthough Elias Howe had patented the lock stitch sewing machine in 1846 initially there was little interest in this new invention. Standard also manufactured a number of vibrating shuttle models (one sold as the Minnesota L and the other sold as the Kenmore by Sears Roebuck Co.
The machine is in excellent condition and although it was missing a slide plate we found those from a Singer 28 fit perfectly.
