quiltnmom, I google searched for information about your machine. This is what I found: Elgin Sewing Machine Co., manufactured sewing machines in Illinois from 1896-1898. Then it became Elgin Sewing Machine & Bicycle Co., from 1898-1899 when it closed. So you have a very old machine. I could find nothing about that cabinet, but because of the raised emblem on the front, would believe it to be very old also. I found this information on List of American Sewing Machine Manufacturers A to Z.