Originally Posted by
Treadle&Gears
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You have a model 27, authorized from the factory on Aug 13, 1901. It probably had much fancier decals then. Rebuilt machines with modernized decals were common from the 30s thru the 50s. I may have a rebuilt machine manual for that model, but I think it is by a different refurb company. I will look this evening.
K
I'm guessing this was at least partially refurbed in the early 1950s. It has the Revco Patch-o-Matic, Dial-o-matic tension attachment and Reverse Stitch Attachment. These items were patented about 1951.
The decals like that have been available for quite a few years.
Does your manual look like
http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollect...0203/index.htm except for 27 127 maybe with MIDEB somewhere on it? I think that those might have been from 1944. I thought I knew where mine was, but can't find it. I know it is missing the cover page.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.