1891 - 1917
by Mariann Johnston
The Standard Sewing Machine Company began in 1884 and was sited in Cleveland, Ohio in the United States. Standard was taken over by the Osann company in 1929, which in turn was acquired by Singer in the early 1930's.
Serial
Numbers- |
Year
of Manufacture |
Notes |
88750 - 130750 130751 - 177750 177751 - 224750 224751 - 271750 271751 - 318750 318751 - 365750 365751 - 412750 412751 - 459750 459751 - 506750 506751 - 553750 553751 - 588750 588751 - 623750 623751 - 658750 658751 - 693750 693751 - 728750 728751 - 763750 763751 - 807750 807751 - 851750 851751 - 895750 895751 - 939750 939751 - 983750 983751 - 1027750 1027751 - 1071750 1071751 - 1115750 1115751 - 1192750 1192751 - 1269750 1269751 - 1346750 |
1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 |
NOTES
Serial Numbers appear to be continuous, regardless of machine mechanism (rotary or vs), class and badge.
In addition to the serial number there may be an alphabetic character (P, V, N, A, C) at the end of the number. This seems to be restricted to the VS mechanism machines, and is a way of signifying what CLASS of machine it is -- P=Paragon, V=Standard Vibrating Shuttle, N=Norwood, A=Arrow, C=Cleveland, etc..
Therefore a Badged Machine such as a 'May Co. Special' or 'Minnesota L', both Norwood class machines, will have serial numbers like 1100000N. Or a 'Dundee', which was a Cleveland class machine, will have a serial number like 1230000C.
There are some slim model machines with 1904-1905 patent dates sold in the 1910 - 1919 period. However, their serial numbers and the few documented dates I have also suggest that these machines were in fact manufactured in the mid 19-teens . . . I surmise that perhaps an unused stock of these machines/parts 'resurfaced' for whatever reason, and were manufactured and sold at that time.
In order to refine this dating schematic I need to know about machines that have either (1) documentation showing a purchase date EARLIER than the estimated date shown above, or (2) a patent date LATER than the estimated date shown above.
Please note that I have no documentation for pre-1891 or post-1917, so I did not feel comfortable creating estimates for before or after those dates.
If you have any information to add about Standard sewing machines, please let me know at: nbforum@btinternet.com
Mariann
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