Beautiful Machines from the Middle of the 20th Century

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Here in our virtual museum, you'll find hundreds of lovely examples of some of the great sewing machines of the 20th Century.

Of course most of these machines have long since gone out to happy homes all over the US and beyond so you won't be able to view them in person, and of course as always, we have lots more machines to add to the page as we get time.

The machines are arranged in order of restoration.

Click on the picture to see more views and a little bit of information about each machine.

 

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Wards Supreme Reversible	White 651 made in Germany by Gritzner	Kenmore 117.589 mid-restoration
Singer 128 Hand Crank	Sears Best Kenmore 1802	Beautiful Singer 401A Slant o Matic
Singer 201 in Ballet Slipper Pink	Singer 185J 3/4-size Vintage Machine	Beautiful! Brother Class 15
Remington De Luxe ZigZag made in Japan	Mercury De Luxe Japanese Class 15 Heavy-Duty Straight-Stitch	Very Pretty Pink Singer 99
Kenmore 16031	Japanese-Made Precision Sovreign 040 Beautiful!	Singer 185k 3/4 Size Strong and Full-Featured
White 673R Vintage Japanese Machine Burly!	German-Made Singer 401G	Montgomery Wards Signature 988 Made in Japan 1.3 Amp Motor
White Model 1514 Ideal Quilter's Piecing Machine Made in Japan	Japanese Montgomery Wards Straight Stitch	Gorgeous! Singer 201
Heavy Duty Kenmore Cabinet
White Sewing Machine with zigzag and button holes!	Janome New Home Paragon Japanese Sewing Machine	Vintage Japanese-made Wizard
Beautiful Vintage Bernina 801 Swiss Sewing Machine	Sears Best Kenmore 158.19141 Vintage Japanese Sewing Machine	Built by Pfaff! Burly Kenmore 117.841 Machine We have more!
Early Viking Hand Crank Freya	Beautiful Singer 500 Rocketeer	Morse Duomatic Awesome!
Beautiful Viking 2000SL Model 6460 Made in Sweden	Japanese Kenmore Commander made by Riccar	Donated to OCF Culture Jam Baldwin Japanese Elegance, Quality, and Beauty
Beautiful New Home Simplicity	Fast and Powerful Pfaff 130 made in Germany!	White/Domestic Treadle Sewing Machine Very Clean and Free-Running
Tiny and Very Portable Kenmore 10400 Made in Japan	Free Downloadable books, pictures, ads brochures, etc!	Prettiest Ever! Kenmore 540 made in Japan
Emdeko Japanese Sewing Machine with 1960s Space Age Styling	Seafoam Green Brother 651 Japanese-Made!	Sister inspecting sewing machine

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Near the end, you will encounter some pages with links that have disappeared over the years as a result of page hosting changes and other mysterious causes.
And we lost another ten years worth of older photos in a tragic computer crash so our museum doesn't show any of those older ones.

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Pfaff 130-50010 German Sewing Machine w/Stitch Pattern Adapter!	Nelco Lyra Barely Used Japanese-Made	Japanese Vogue Stitch
BelAire 1200 Vintage Japanese-Made and All-Steel!	Beautiful and Strong Singer 15-91	Space Age Singer 500 Rocketeer
Beautiful Japanese Brother	Singer 306k Burly! Nearly New!	Japanese made Kenmore 13180
Modern Home made in Japan	Made for Montgomery Wards by the Happy Industrial Corporation of Japan in the 1960s	Elna Super made in Switzerland
So Awesome! Singer 15-91 w/black levers and spool pins	1.2 Amp Japanese Kenmore 148.29	Electronic Viking 630 Made in Sweden
Beautiful Wizard Zigzag Japanese-Made!	Morse 4100 Fotomatic Made in Japan!	Awesome Singer 328K
Happy Industrial Corporation made for Montgomery Wards Department Stores	Singer Slant-O-Matic 401A Lightweight and Strong	Beautiful Kenmore 17520 made in Japan
Kenmore 19141	Precision Deluxe Dressmaker	Gorgeous Pfaff 130! Lots of Accessories! German-Made!
Strong Kenmore Model 52 Made in Japan	A Beautiful Singer 401A Slant-O-Matic	Singer 66 Treadle Sewing Machine Human Powered!
Sears Best Kenmore 19142	Beautiful Singer Lotus treadle Sewing Machine	Like New! Bernina 730 Record Swiss-Made
Viking Automatic So Very Precision!	Beautiful Morse 4300 Strong and Stylish!	Beautiful Singer 15-125 Upgraded version of Singer's 15-91
Japanese Singer 223 zigzag with Blind Stitch	Amazing Japanese-Made Atlas Sewing Machine 1.5 Amp Motor!	Beautiful Japanese Free Westinghouse 803
Nice! Japanese-Made Dressmaker	401A Slant-O-Matic	Singer 185 3/4 Size Full Power and Features!
Excellent! Kenmore 158.17550 Made in Japan	Manual Zigzag Nelco R-400-2 Made in Japan	Slant-O-Matic Singer 404 It's a Straight-Stitch 401A!
Japanese Sewmor Strong and Pretty	Ford Deluxe Straight-Stitch Made in Japan	Brother 1610 Japanese Straight-Stitch
1906 Singer Model 27 Drop it into Your Stand Replace Your Worn Treadle Machine!	Aradia Detailing Machines	WindowMatic Made in Japan by Brother
Viking 6690 Electronic Made in Sweden	An Awesome Treadle Machine with a de luxe Zigzag in it!	Stylish and Strong Singer 600 Touch&Sew
Rocketeer! Singer 500 Slant-O-Matic With Nice Extras!	A Fine Elna Supermatic Made in Switzerland	Japanese Singer 190 Uncommon Excellence!
Singer 500 Rocketeer	Kenmore 158.13033 Japanese Excellence	Lightweight and Portable Belvedere
Brother Class 15 Made in Japan Burly!	Singer No. 42 Cabinet	Beautiful Japanese Riccar
Heavy-Duty German Sewing Machine	Singer 15-125 Potted Motor Descendant of Singer's Famous 15-91	Calanda Made in Japan for Pfaff
Japanese-Made Kenmore 148.210	Singer 401A	Singer 301 Short Bed Fits in Singer Folding 301 Table
Stitchmatic Electric Made in Japan Nice!	Singer 301 Long Bed Won't fit in Singer folding 301 Table	Powerful, Japanese-Made Janome New Home Designer
Awesome Japanese Kenmore 158.904 One of my personal favorites!	Wizard made in Japan by Brother	White 764
Japanese-Built Kingston Class 15 Straight-Stitch	Hand-Crank Singer 66 Human Powered!	Sterling Japanese Class 15 Sew Some Thick Stuff!
Japanese Fleetwood What a Beauty!	New Home Type H Friction Drive Awesome!	Japanese-made Imperial Sewing Machine Not Just a Pretty Machine!
Janome New Home Double Duty 12-Layers!	Viking Husqvarna 6570 Made in Sweden Electronic	Japanese-Made Riccar
Swedish Viking Husqvarna 6030	Italian Necchi Supernova	Kenmore 17511 What a pretty machine!
Awesome kenmore 19410 w/Stretch Stitches!	Singer 401A One of Singer's Best	Small and Portable Kenmore 10301
Good Housekeeper	Italian Necchi Sewing Machine Cabinet	Montgomery Wards Straight Stitch Lots of Power
Italian-made Necchi BF In Display Type Case	Never Sewn On! 1960s White Model 65	Singer Cabinet No. 65 Good Looking Blonde!
Singer 15-91 Strong and Fast	One of the best Kenmores, ever! Kenmore 158.16021	Beautiful Morse Super Dial
Bernina Sport Swiss Quality Awesome Cabinet	Bernina 830 Record Swiss-Made Top Quality	Japanese-Made Nelco A-1 Straight-Stitch
Singer 329k A Good, Solid Singer	Fantastic! Morse Fotomatic Manual Zigzag	Japanese Sewmor Class 15 Type
Linda Obsessively Focused and Scrupulously Attentive Detailer	Alden Zigzag Smooth, Precision Action Plenty of Power	Really nice! Blonde Wood Cabinet
Beautiful Swedish Sewing Machine Husqvarna 2000 Model 6030	Aluminum and Steel Touch n Sew Model 603	TR-Quality Assurance, Technician, Seamstress, Video Personality, and Zenith-Quintesential Kitty
Italian Mid-Century Necchi Supernova Ultra	Pristine Janome New Home De Luxe Fine Japanese Machine	One of Japan's Finest The General
Extra Strong Premier Sewing Machine Made in Japan	BeautifulSinger 201 Centennial Fast and Powerful	Very Powerful Dressmaker Japanese-Made
Stunningly Beautiful! Singer 301 Short Bed Barely Used!	Man, I forgot what a cool machine this one is White Manual Zigzag	Heavy-Duty Kenmore Cabinet
Husqvarna 3220 Precision-Made in Sweden	Singer 301 set With Case and Table	Classic Singer 66 Strong and Smooth
Japanese Singer 223 Like New!	Powerful Japanese Kenmore Stretch Stitches	Singer 301 Long-Bed
Singer 15K Bolts of Electricity design	SOLD Singer 401A One of Singer's Best Ever mid-century aluminum-bodied Slant-O-Matic	Singer 99 In 3/4 Size Cabinet!
Beautiful Two-Tone Kenmore Model 158.352	Singer 401A One of Singer's Best!	Rushby Hand Crank Made in England
Brother 190 Flairmatic Beautiful!	Japanese-Made Kenmore 521 (coming soon!) This will be a nice one!	SOLD Elna Special Precision-Made in Switzerland
Featherweight Folding Table Sturdy! Portable!	Singer 301 Cabinet	Janome New Home Double Duty A powerful Japanese-made sewing machine
Bel Air Precision De Luxe A Very Cool Two-Tone Machine	Singer 99 Hand Crank ultra cute!	Janome New Home Commander Stretch Stitches, More Stitch Patterns!

SOLD Janome New Home Like New!	Precision Sewing Machine So Pretty!	New Home Tabletop What a Machine!
Powerful Singer 201	Beautiful Singer 503 Rocketeer	Singer 328K All-Steel Drive
Remington De Luxe Automatic Zigzag Super Smooth, Fast, and Powerful!	Pfaff-Built Kenmore Like a Diesel Locomotive!	Steel-Geared Singer 15-91 One of the Best, Ever!
Gorgeous Morse Fotomatic IV	Singer 401A Slant-O-Matic Like-New Condition!	Singer Model 66 Almost a New Machine!
Kenmore 158.480 One of the Prettiest Kenmores, Ever!	Minnesota A Beautiful!	Lightweight Kenmore 158.10301
Japanese-Made Kenmore 1207	Charger, by Brother *good mechanical shape *lots of chips/bad touch-up job perty durn good price, though!	Mike-Owner/Sewing Machine Guy

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