Grant & Donna,
Katie Farmer has been researching the White Sewing Machine Company's history for the past several years with the company's blessing and help. She has accrued a huge amount of information through thousands of hours of research. She is considered the expert on this brand. There are about 39 albums to go through on her webshots pages, but worth every minute.
Please check out her webshots page here:
http://community.webshots.com/user/arachnesobsession
This page is on research of other brands:
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...65618099lUeRKn
BTW, the FR in the white name and model numbers means
Family
Rotary
Cathy
Originally Posted by
grant15clone
Donna, There is not a lot out there that I have found about the White machines and their history. Is it a FR (Free Rotary) machine? Serial # Fr XXXXXX? From what I can gather, the white Sewing Machine Co. either didn't keep very good records or they were lost in general or in a flood or a fire. They made a lot of machines for different labels. Kenmore being one of them. Do you have a specific question on a specific machine? I have had a few White Rotary machines and I am pretty familiar with them. If you would like to PM me I can see if I can help and would be glad to do so. If it is a FR (Free Rotary) I bet I can answer almost any question other than date and place of manufacture. The New Home would depend on what model and where it was made. Some were made in Germany some in the US (I think by White) but most were made in Japan.