daselby

About a week ago I spotted this 1934 Singer Chicago World's Fair badged 99 in Southern GA. I convinced my son who lives in in Northern FL to go pick it up for me. He picked it up this morning. It appears to be pretty rare as there is a registry for Special Event badged machines on a FB group and there is currenty only two other 1934 Chicago World's fair badged 99's on the list.....this will be the third. In comparison there are 39 221's Chicago World's Fair badged machines on the list.

She needs cleaning but the decals are in good shape. I can't wait to get my hands on it when my son comes to visit in June!

OurWorkbench

Congratulations. Can hardly wait to see you to do your magic.

Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.

BonnieJP

Fantastic find!

leonf

how fun and wha an interesting foot pedal, too

craftiladi

Oh wow, congrats-love that foot pedal. Kudos to your son for being willing to go get this great find for you.

JoeJr

What a neat find!

Dressmaker

As an added twist. That serial number dates this machine to 1932.

daselby

Yes, for some reason this happen quite often. Of the chicago world's fair badged machines that I've seen several of them are dated earlier than 1934. On Tre Perry's facebook site there is a registry of special badged machines that shows that several machines have serial numbers that date back to as early as 1930.

daselby

My son delivered my Chicago Word's Fair Singer 99 from Florida 2 days ago. I spent some time cleaning it up. Attached are some "after" pics. I'm pretty pleased with how it cleaned up.

JoeJr

That's beautiful! Do you rechrome the parts, such as the light, yourself?