Originally Posted by Toto's Mom

The Good Housekeeper looks like one that was purchased in the mid 1950's for my 4-H club to sew on. Judging by the paper on the wooden case it sits in, I would say it was of the same general age. Ours had a wooden cover that clamped onto the base, and it was also covered with that same textured paper stuff.
The machine was all metal.......and in the wooden case, it was a gutbuster to lift and carry anywhere.