Just a quick look at your Featherweight tells me that this is probably a late 1940's model. It looks identical to my mom's machine which was purchased in 1947. Yours has the older Egyptian scroll faceplate and gold decals, full size tray for attachments and older style case. All of these "clues" indicate that your machine is pre 1950. After 1950 they started putting striated (striped) face plates on their machines as they were cheaper to manufacture and changed the gold decals. The cord set has been switched at some point as the original ones which probably cracked would have been black. Happy stitching!