Originally Posted by
Macybaby
Lady said it had not sold she was thinking of putting it in the yard as a planter.
Oh dear God no.......
The machine is for me. It is an Emile James Politype. It is on of the earliest Universal feed arm machines ever made. We are still researching. Looking for patent dates, etc. It was "advertised" as a Civil war era leather sewing machine. because it had an 1860 patent on it...
I suspect the date may be more like 1865-1870 based on research of when he was bringing them in through NY. (German based engineering)
The Singer 29 is a descendant of this.
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(NOT including the butt shot....)