I was just given this "Bartlett Rotary" Treadle
and the minute is came in the house, my Youngest (19) claimed it... She spent the next hour gently cleaning it down with oil....
The previous owner is a business man who is moving and had no room for this. It used to belong to his grandmother...
I could use ANY information about this machine/company.
I know they are "Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Company" of Chicago, and that it was the company that started the True Value Brand (Sold it in 1962)
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Check out the "swing" plate....
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