I think this is what makes sewing machines so interesting. Looking at them, you can almost tell what era they came from. The shiny black ones with the pretty decals, the practical black crinkles, the bronzey colored ones, the ones that look like space ships , then the pretty colors of the 60 and 70s. Now, they're all white. Like cars, clothes and everything else, they change with the times and fashions of the day. I like them all. They tell a story.