Originally Posted by
J Miller
Jon,
Thanks for the ISMACS link. Here's a question for you. Did Sears use their model number code in the early days?
Neither my Davis made Minnesota B or Domestic made Franklin (or the cabinet) have any type of model number like the Sears numbers we find on later machines and cabinets. Mater of fact neither of them have any identifiable model numbers at all.
Maybe a better question would be, when did Sears start using the XXX-YYYYYYYY type of model number system?
Joe
I would guess in the 1930's or 40's Sears started using the numbered codes with the White machines.
Jon