Originally Posted by Mariposa
Your Alva is a beauty! I'd love to have one like her! If she could only talk-what a history she could share! :)
It's funny to see how folks spell her name. I have it in gold decal right on the front (and the back) "Alvah." Boye spelled it wrong all those years ago and the misspelling stuck. In fact, that's one of the reasons I didn't strip it all off! I've not found another picture of these machines badged this way. And I used tons of search engines. The spelling is also on the sidebars of the treadle. I guess that should be proof enough.
I am going to try car wax again. Where do you find those decals? I'd love to clean her up so her outside matched her sewing. She sews like a dream as long as she is well oiled and I load the bobbin correctly. Whenever I sew, I can't help but think of all the clothes she made for the family. What a Godsend these treadles were!