Originally Posted by
Macybaby
FYI - Standard (the company) was took over by Osann, which was then taken over by Singer. White eventually merged with Viking, and finally Singer, Pfaff and Viking all ended up under the same cooperate roof.
One thing very typical of many Japanese post war machines - they used "names" that would be familiar with US customers - anything they could get by with, I've seen Davis, Standard, Howe and variations of others. So any US company that was defunct was fair game for them.
No kidding on the names. Did you see my thread about the Clones from A to Z pictures I'm collecting? I've got over a 100 different names so far and I haven't got all the alphabet covered yet.
Here's the link to the thread just in case you missed it:
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http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...z-t248864.html }
Thanks for the history on the Standard name.
Joe