Originally Posted by quilt addict
Found on CL. Billy do you know anything about Whitney Household machines.
Okay this is what I found on the NeedleBar.org and is a excerpt from the site.
"The Household's special claim, besides simplicity of its design and the excellence of its workmanship, is its adaptability to satisfactorily execute a wide range of work. It was said to operate perfectly as a family machine performing all kinds of domestic sewing with ease and satisfaction, and at the same time it could be as successfully employed in shops and factories, doing the lightest and the heaviest work equally well."
They were tied with Singer and Domestic in the early years and their contract with them was ended in 1873. Depending on the serial number of this machine it could be one of the machines that was built under the contract.
Nifty stuff huh? Told you it was significant!!!
If your not a member of the NeedleBar then I suggest that you join up. LOTS of information and great bits of history found there. And the Picture Library is with out the doubt the most intense collection of photos of sewing machines cataloged and very organized and easy to locate!
And the history lessons you can get from the forums......WOW is all I can say!!
Billy