Originally Posted by
daverogers1
I just bought a New Home Light Running machine. It's in a beautiful wood cabinet with 3 drawers on each side. It has 2 side tables, 1 opens to the right and 1 to the left when closed they hide the machine. The only numbers I have found are NHR 113588 on a stamped plate behind the neck of the hand wheel. Does anyone know if the numbers are the model number or the serial number? Anyone have a guess as to when it was made?
It is the serial number. NHR is the model. New Home was bought up by Free in the late 1920's so New Home was only a brand name at this time. I'd guess your New Home Rotary was made sometime around 1940. The chart is from Janome which eventually got Free and the New Home records.
https://www.janome.com/siteassets/su...anufacture.pdf
Jon