For giggles, continued, I saw it on...
01-01-2015, 01:17 PM
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http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/atq/4827960400.html
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01-01-2015, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by miriam
Odd you would say that - I have the bill of sale and the original manual. Pics are on the way.
HHHMMMMM That should raise the price of it some eh??? The original Brother sold in the US.
Oh dear for that ad I just copied the front page of the manual... LOL
HHHMMMMM That should raise the price of it some eh??? The original Brother sold in the US.
Oh dear for that ad I just copied the front page of the manual... LOL
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01-01-2015, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Cari-in-Oly
I'd like to have a pic of that manual and bill of sale for my personal info. Kingston was one of the first badge names Brother put on their machines. I don't think it was for a particular store or distributor(like Wizard or Gambles for example) because it's one of the machine names that Brother used in their own ads. I know that Brother opened their own distribution centers in the US in 1954. If your machine was sold here in 1952, then they must have used another distributor before they had their own here. This also gives me an earlier time frame for that model/style of machine. I'll have to start looking for magazine ads earlier than 1954.
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01-01-2015, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by miriam
http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/atq/4827960400.html
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01-01-2015, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by miriam
I would have guessed the 1960s until I saw that date. The manual is really in nice shape. But the 1952 date is late December so possibly only a year off - we are in a different part of the country, too. The machine came from a small sewing machine dealer that used to be about a mile from where I live but was picked up out of town. LOL
01-01-2015, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by miriam
I just contacted the guy he has no clue. Somebody needs to buy that - I'm thinking Wheeler and Wilson.
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01-01-2015, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by QuiltingVagabond
I think that might be an "8".
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01-01-2015, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by miriam
I would have guessed the 1960s until I saw that date. The manual is really in nice shape. But the 1952 date is late December so possibly only a year off - we are in a different part of the country, too. The machine came from a small sewing machine dealer that used to be about a mile from where I live but was picked up out of town. LOL
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01-01-2015, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Cari-in-Oly
Miriam one of the tells between a 50s machine or a 60s machine is the tension assembly style. This machine actually looks mid to late 50s.
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