Originally Posted by fabric whisperer
ok, got a couple great deals today ~ yay! I am hoping between the experts here, they can give me more info on these two finds... Kenmore machine first, son, 11 has been a little jealous of us girls iwth our new sewing space, and we're tinkering with so many toys and gadgets... so he wanted to make his own stuff, so this machine is for him. His very own, so now both kids have "their own" machine with tables!!!
This was given to us, was talking to a lady at an estate sale today where I got a neat old machine (will post that one in a few!)... she said she had an old machine, folds into the table, and they didn't even know how to expose the machine... hubby asked how much, she said "you can have it" Yay!
Got it home, and it has the buttonholer, and ALL the original attachments, and works great!
Fabricwhisper, check out this site and look at the pictures of the White machines made for Sears. Also look at the serial number under "Serial Number/Dating List.
I would be willing to bet that machine was made by White. The first clue is the bobbin, that is a classic White bobbin. The Serial Number/Dating List has the 117.83 through 117.101 listed with manufacturing dates between 1938 and 1942. Your machine is later than those dates, probably in the 1950's.
http://community.webshots.com/user/arachnesobsession
Nancy
Also check out this site. Scroll down toward the last picture, there is a Kenmore that looks similar to yours.
http://www.ismacs.net/sears/sears.html