Mysteries solved.
Mystery #1:
For as long as I can remember I've had a memory of helping my mom extract her finger from a black Singer like sewing machine after she'd stuck a needle in it. But I had no idea what machine it was. Where we were at, or exactly when it was. I did know I wasn't very old then. Maybe 6 or 7.
Well the first clue is this picture I found last year and posted it. It was this pic which clearly showed a FW case on the chair to the right with mom in the background. On the bottom it's marked '58. I would have been 6 or so then.
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I was looking through mom's photo album again last weekend and found the other clue. This one a pic dated 5-62 with me about 9.5 years old, my Aunt Sheri and mom behind Aunt Sheri. Under the table is the FW. Knowing our families financial situation at that time I seriously doubt if mom had any other machines.
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So I'm going to say that it was this FW that I had to help mom get her finger out of.
Mystery #2:
A couple years ago in a bunch of sewing stuff we found a Singer button holler attachment in the rectangular green box.
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Nothing unusual about that but in it was a receipt dated 4-2-62.
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From a sewing machine shop in Farmington, NM. I had thought we had moved to Phoenix by then.
Nope. The button holler was bought for the FW.
Well, I still have the buttonholler, but the FW is long gone. Wish I still had it.
Mysteries are fun, aren't they.
Joe