N° 1

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In use from 1851 up to 1880

Recorded serial numbers: 2,523

Recorded factories:

Boston, Massachusetts (USA)
New York Centre Street (USA)
New York Centre Street or New York Mott Street (USA)
New York City Workshop (USA)

Usage Information

Needle size: 12x1

The first sewing machine class produced by Singer. Industrial lock stitch reciprocating shuttle.

Image courtesy of The Lowrey Collection

Documented Machines

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Total n.: 3

Factories:

New York Centre Street (USA)
New York Centre Street or New York Mott Street (USA)

Documented Decals:

Isaac Singer Name (Text only)

Documented years: 1853 - 1860

Table of contents

Factories

Factory	Tot. Machines	Decals	Years
New York City Workshop (USA)	1,611	—	1851–1852
New York Centre Street (USA)	811	Isaac Singer Name (Text only)	1853–1856
	810	No known decal	1853
	1	Isaac Singer Name (Text only)	1856
Boston, Massachusetts (USA)	100	—	—
New York Centre Street or New York Mott Street (USA)	1	—	1860

Decals

Decal	Tot. Machines	Factories	Years
Isaac Singer Name (Text only)	1	New York Centre Street (USA)	1856

Manuals and Lists of Spare Parts

No user manuals or service manuals found for this class, yet.

No lists of spare parts found for this class, yet.

About the data shown here

The information here about decals is based on “Documented Machines” currently recorded in our database. We currently do not have an official Singer source about which decals were in use where, when and on which machines.

The information about factories and serials, instead, is based on the official Singer factory records that survived, plus the “Documented machines” we could verify.

Our dataset is continuously growing as new machines are documented and shared by collectors and researchers. As a result, the details presented here should be considered indicative and may be updated over time.

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