Royal St John and Weaver Treadle + bonus machine
12-14-2013, 12:50 PM
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Royal St John and Weaver Treadle + bonus machine
I went to my local county museum today for a Santa visit and while I was there I was able to take some pictures of a few antique machines. It's probably going to be heavy on the pictures.
The Royal St John Sewing Machine Company was here in Springfield. This is one of their machines, I assume it sews forwards and backwards as the advertisements we have seen claim. There was a spotlight directly on this machine and the Weaver (?) behind it so there are shadows I couldn't get around. I kinda think both of these machines are Royals and the second one is on Weaver irons.
Mother of Pearl inlay
Patent Dates
This was the second machine there. The treadle irons said Weaver Treadle Company Springfield, Ohio. This was new information for me. I found a patent for it: http://www.google.com/patents/US243020
Here's the bonus machine, it was in a Civil War display behind glass.
The Royal St John Sewing Machine Company was here in Springfield. This is one of their machines, I assume it sews forwards and backwards as the advertisements we have seen claim. There was a spotlight directly on this machine and the Weaver (?) behind it so there are shadows I couldn't get around. I kinda think both of these machines are Royals and the second one is on Weaver irons.
Mother of Pearl inlay
Patent Dates
This was the second machine there. The treadle irons said Weaver Treadle Company Springfield, Ohio. This was new information for me. I found a patent for it: http://www.google.com/patents/US243020
Here's the bonus machine, it was in a Civil War display behind glass.
12-14-2013, 02:22 PM
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I looked it up - the one post card says the weaver runs backward or forward. WOW.
I looked it up - the one post card says the weaver runs backward or forward. WOW.
12-14-2013, 03:34 PM
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I looked it up - the one post card says the weaver runs backward or forward. WOW.
I looked it up - the one post card says the weaver runs backward or forward. WOW.
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12-14-2013, 04:37 PM
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12-14-2013, 07:17 PM
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There is mother of pearl on both of them. The flowers in the middle are on both. I assume they are St John's and the one with the mother of pearl path is the Royal and the other one is the Weaver? Maybe? I'm guessing since there was no posted information besides they were produced here.
12-15-2013, 01:20 AM
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There is mother of pearl on both of them. The flowers in the middle are on both. I assume they are St John's and the one with the mother of pearl path is the Royal and the other one is the Weaver? Maybe? I'm guessing since there was no posted information besides they were produced here.
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