greetings, my wife and i have recently moved into her dads old place and amongst his stuff is what appears to be an old New William's sewing machine with the cabinet. apparently it was purchased at eatons-college street store in toronto( we are in michigan). i'm not sure to its exact age. the cabinet looks original too. is there somewhere i should look for a serial number? anyway, i thought that some folks in here might have some info on this very cool old machine.
thanks chris and leslie
I'm not familiar with the machine so have no idea of where to find the serial number, but check out
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may well turn up some information for you. You lucky things!
We're mostly a discussion group about sewing rather than sewing machines, so you may few if any replies. You might try Googling and see what comes up. I looked on needlebar.com and found this:
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One of the best places I have found for info on old machines is the We Fix It group on Yahoo. Most of us here have old machines, and many still use them so any help you need just ask. ISMACS is good for pictures but is not great for in depth info. Mr. Needle Bar has loads more but the Yahoo groups really get into the machines. We often discuss old machines along with lots of other stuff here. Kate has some nice ones too as do many other posters.
According to Carter Bays, New Williams was a badge name used by an unknown manufacturer. Do you have a web site where you could post photos?
You can post photos for free at geocoties or imageshack, then post links here.
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