Originally Posted by
jlhmnj
Here's about the only information I could find on Sears Franklin, about 3/4 page down:
http://www.ismacs.net/sears/sears.html
Since Davis had about a gazillion badged names, there might very well be a Davis Franklin out there.
Jon
Jon that sounds like we are talking about the same machine, but who knows as the manufacturer back then is kind of a gray area because the companies were changing so much. It is confusing when you read what ISMACS wrote because the paragraph above states that Davis was the sole supplier of sewing machines - with a few exceptions - to Sears until about 1912. If you go to the ISMACS needle list site there is a Franklin made by White/Free (not sure ISMACS knows which one made it) then a Davis made Franklin, a Domestic made Franklin, and a National made Franklin, and of course a Franklin made by White for sure! I think some of the sewing machine historians are not positively sure who made what when the companies were switching around so much!
Nancy