Originally Posted by Lostn51
Oh while I am thinking about it here is the newest "keeper" in my collection. The reason I said that was because I bought another machine yesterday that I am going to sell on here once I figure out what I am going to do with it. You know the whole repaint or leave well enough alone.
Anyway it is an Eldridge "B" and the best I can tell it was made in 1885. It can not be any later than 1886 but I have a real good friend Annie looking at a bunch of photos of the machine with the serial to help me out in getting the exact year.
Billy
Billy, maybe I am crazy, but your Eldredge doesn't have the knob either, maybe there wasn't a knob on these old machines to turn so your needle doesn't go up and down when you load a bobbin??????