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DOES anyone have any idea what the name on this machine is, or what kind it is, what era? It is difficult to read. Thinking it might say Harris Family No. 24? Was there a machine by that name?
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It appears to be a Harris family sewing machine . Funny what one can find with a little search of the internet .
1875 Advertisement
Joseph Harris & Co. - sewing machines produced by the Imperial Sewing Machine Co. from c1873 -1877
Factory: Franklin Works, Park Road, Soho, Birmingham 1874, 1875. In England .
Renamed Factory: Imperial Sewing Machine Works, Park Road, Soho, Birmingham 1876
Retail: Oriel House, 41 Bull St, Birmingham.
Machines Made:
Imperial 1873
Agenoria 1873 1875
Challenge 1872 1875 1876
Eureka
1877 Taken over by: Royal Sewing Machine Co.
I can't read what is on the sewing machine and "assumed" it was Harris
Can't find a picture of this machine anywhere to verify name, can you. I read that web site but did not see a picture to confirm it. Thanks
I will look for more information when I have the time . I am curious about Joseph Harris as Harris is my grandmother's maiden name . He could be a relative . I know that my great grandfather Harris invented a broom making machine and it is in a museum in Oklahoma . Maybe he came by his inventiveness from his ancestors .
P.S. I am sure that your sewing machine is a Harris Family machine .
Thanks Nancy... Appreciate your interest. I have been unable to find another one like it. I am thinking of selling it but don't even know if it is worth anything. So sounds like Imperial made it. It just says "foreign" on it but no country.
This machine is likely to be a Haid and Neu, a German manufacturer, around 1930s. The style of machine is known as a transverse shuttle. W. J. Harris was founded in 1870's but continued to sell machines until the 1960's. It's not an Imperial made by Joseph Harris.