Originally Posted by
Caroline S
Wonderful idea. A lot of work went into making that display. I especially like the idea that the machines had description cards.
We did type up the manufacturer, year and model of each machine. We had 2 treadles complete there, and I had my 1890 Davis VF sitting on a box, as she doesn't have a treadle base yet. A member of the guild had his little green Bell there, and it was so cute! I'd like to find one of those. Luckily we didn't have any duplicates of models...maybe I should say amazingly! We did have 2 99s, but one was handcrank and one was electric. We drew quite a crowd of men who were oogling and asking tons of questions.
It was so fun putting this exhibit together. We will have more machines next time and the exhibit will be better.