Family / Turtleback

In use from 1856 up to 1859

Recorded serial numbers: 1,702

Recorded factories:

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

Usage Information

Needle size: 13x1

Singer's first domestic machine. It had a vibrating overhanging shaft, reciprocating shuttle and rocking treadle. Photo courtesy of Wolfegang’s Collectibles.

Documented Machines

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Total n.: 3

Factories:

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

Documented Decals:

Documented years: 1858 - 1860

Table of contents

Factories

Factory	Tot. Machines	Decals	Years
New York Mott Street (USA)	1,700	Turtleback Floral	1858–1859
	1,699	No known decal	1858–1859
	1	Turtleback Floral	1859
New York Centre Street or New York Mott Street (USA)	2	Turtleback Colored Lines / Turtleback Floral	1858–1860
	1	Turtleback Colored Lines	1860
	1	Turtleback Floral	1858

Decals

Decal	Tot. Machines	Factories	Years
Turtleback Floral	2	New York Mott Street (USA) / New York Centre Street or New York Mott Street (USA)	1858–1859
	1	New York Mott Street (USA)	1859
	1	New York Centre Street or New York Mott Street (USA)	1858
Turtleback Colored Lines	1	New York Centre Street or New York Mott Street (USA)	1860

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.

Contributions are very welcome: if you own or know of a vintage Singer machine, please feel free to submit information via the form or contact us to help improve and expand this research.

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