Originally Posted by
KonaCakes
....but I have no idea if it was a hand crank or treadle machine. Any help would be much appreciated!!!...
Welcome Kona. Did you get just the head or was it in a case or cabinet? That might give some clue. I have perused some of the Singer catalogs from the early 1900s at the Smithsonian institute. The 1908 doesn't list a hand crank 15. The 1912 does list a hand crank as
being a 15-50. By
1924 there is a 15-62 that says it is a 15-30 with a B.U. motor. My guess would be a treadle, unless you can find documentation for this particular machine. Indeed, the treadle or hand crank would need a spoked hand wheel.
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