Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

SINGER SEWING MACHINE, MODEL 66?

Date

1923

Materials

WOOD, STEEL. IRON

No. Pieces

23

Height

78

Length

92.5

Width

45.7

Description

.1) TREADLE SEWING MACHINE. RECTANGULAR WOODEN TOP MOUNTED ON BLACK CAST IRON FRAME. FRAME HAS ORNATE SCROLL WORK AND "SINGER" LOGO CAST IN CENTER ABOVE RECTANGULAR TREADLE PEDAL. ON RIGHT SIDE OF FRAME IS CAST IRON WHEEL WHICH IS CONNECTED TO PEDAL. WOODEN TOP IS FASHIONED LIKE A DESK WITH THREE DRAWERS ON EITHER SIDE AND ONE AT MIDDLE. DRAWERS HAVER RAISED SCROLL WORK PATTERNS MOUNTED AROUND HANDLES. TOP SURFACE HAS HINGED PANEL WHICH OPENS TO REVEAL SEWING MACHINE. MACHINE IS BLACK CAST IRON WITH GOLD EMBOSSED FILIGREE AND "SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.". RIGHT SIDE OF POST HAS OVAL BRASS PLAQUE WITH "SINGER" LOGO. ON BACK RIGHT SIDE OF MACHINE IS SERIAL NUMBER "W40962". MIDDLE DRAWER IS BROKEN AND INSIDE LAYER OF TOP IS PEELING. .2) BELT. 141.2CM X 0.4CM (DIA) TUBULAR LEATHER BELT WHICH IS BROKEN. .3) BELT. 9.0CM (DIA) CIRCULAR BLACK RUBBER BELT. .4) OIL CAN. 6.9CM X 5.3CM SEMI SPHERICAL STEEL CAN WITH STEEL NOZZLE. VERY DIRTY. .5) WRENCH. 7.5CM X 1.3CM STEEL WRENCH WITH OPEN END AND BOX END. "9/64" IS STAMPED INTO HANDLE ON ONE SIDE. .6) SPRING. 2.0CM X 2.3CM STEEL COIL SPRING. .7) HOOKING TOOL. 7.7CM X 2.3CM STEEL TOOL WITH STRAIGHT SHAFT, HOOKED END AND CIRCULAR LOOPED HANDLE. .8) SCREW. 1.8CM X 1.1CM, STEEL. .9) NEEDLE THREAD. 4.5CM X 1.7CM THIN ALUMINUM TAB WITH DIAMOND SHAPED WIRE TIP. TAB HAS PROFILE OF A MALE FIGURE AND "JAPAN" RAISED ON FRONT. .10) BOX. 21.7CM X 9.8CM X 4.2CM GREEN PAPER COVERED CARDBOARD BOX. NO LID. .11) ATTACHMENT: RUFFLER. 11.0CM X 7.3CM X 5.0CM STEEL APARATUS WITH HINGED ARM AND GRADED SCALE. .12) ATTACHMENT: TUCK MARKER. 11.2CM X 6.1CM X 6.3CM STEEL APARATUS WITH "U"-SHAPED FRAME WHICH HAS ADJUSTABLE HEMMING GUIDE WITH GRADED SCALE. .13) ATTACHMENT: HEMMING GUIDE. 6.0CM X 4.5CM X 4.5CM STEEL APARATUS IS RIGHT ANGLE BRACKET WITH MARKED HEM GUIDE WHICH IS ADJUSTABLE SLIDE. .14) ATTACHMENT: QUILT GUIDE BAR. 7.5CM X 4.0CM X 1.2CM STEEL BAR WITH RIGHT ANGLE FLANGE WHICH IS CURVED AND ROUNDED. .15) HEMMING FOOT. 3.5CM X4.2CM X 1.1CM STEEL APPARATUS IS FLAT ROD BENT AT RIGHT ANGLE. HAS "225508" AND "TO PUCKER AND GATHER" STAMPED INTO IT. .16) HEMMING FOOT. 4.3CM X 4.3CM X 1.1CM STEEL APPARATUS IS FLAT ROD BENT AT RIGHT ANGLE WITH CURVED NOTCH. FOOT HAS CURLED THREAD GUIDE. ALSO HAS "225503" AND "3/32" STAMPED INTO IT. .17) HEMMING FOOT. 4.0CM X 3.0CM X 1.1CM STEEL APPARATUS IS FLAT ROD BENT AT RIGHT ANGLE WITH CURVED NOTCH. FOOT HAS ROUNDED END AND TWO HOLES. ALSO HAS "225507" STAMPED INTO IT. .18) ATTACHMENT: BINDER FOOT. 6.1CM X 4.2CM X 1.6CM STEEL APPARTATUS IS FLAT ROD BENT AT RIGHT ANGLE WITH CURVED NOTCH. END OF FOOT HAS TAPERED CONICAL GUIDE WHICH IS SCREWED TO FOOT. .19) ATTACHMENT: STITCH GUIDE. 4.1CM X 2.6CM STEEL BRACKET WITH BENT OVER LIP. .20) ATTACHMENT: STITCH GUIDE. 4.1CM X 1.3CM STEEL CLIP WHICH IS FOLDED OVER IN HALF. UPPER HALF HAS "F", "B" AND "C" ON IT.

Subjects

TEXTILEWORKING T&E

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

SEWING MACHINE WAS A HOUSEHOLD ITEM OF DONOR'S FAMILY. PURCHASED IN VANCOUVER, THIS SEWING MACHINE CAME TO ALBERTA WITH THE FAMILY WHILE THEY WERE MOVED, FIRST TO SLOCAN CITY, AND THEN TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. DONOR RELATES THAT SHE HERSELF USED IT MORE THAN HER MOTHER, WHO REALLY ONLY USED THE SEWING MACHINE TO DO REPAIRS. DONOR RELATES THAT SHE USED IT TO MAKE CLOTHING AS A TEENAGER. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVEDTO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. FROM AUGUST 29 TO 31, 2011 COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIEWED THE DONOR, JOY KOGAWA, ABOUT HER MEMORIES ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIFIC OBJECTS THAT SHE DONATED IN 1997. OF THIS ARTIFACT, KOGAWA SAID: “I CAN REMEMBER LEARNING HOW TO SEW ON THIS THING… IT WAS VERY INTRICATE, ALL THE THREADING AND THE WAY YOU FILL THE BOBBIN UP… AND HOW YOU NEEDED TO TIME IT JUST SO, TO GET IT GOING… [IT] WAS IN THAT LEAN-TO BEDROOM [IN COALDALE]… THE RIGHT HAND SIDE [DRAWERS] HAD ALL THESE THINGS WHICH WERE ATTACHMENTS FOR THE SEWING MACHINE, AND THE BOBBINS AND THREADS AND THE 3-IN-1 OIL. THE LEFT SIDE WAS ALL SEWING MATERIAL OF ONE KIND OR ANOTHER. AND I USED THAT SEWING MACHINE TO MAKE THE SKIRT [P19970041761], WHICH WAS THIS BIG WIDE COMPLETE CIRCLE SKIRT WHICH WAS WHITE AND HAS BIG FLOWERS ON IT, AND I HAD A CINCH BELT… THAT WAS A SKIRT THAT I MADE IN HOME EC. IN GRADE 10 OR 11... I NEVER DID REALLY LIKE SEWING… [MY MOTHER] WANTED ME TO BE ABLE TO SEW AND WE GOT PATTERNS AND TRIED TO DO IT, AND I WOULD NEVER QUITE GET IT RIGHT. AND SHE DID HER FAIR SHARE OF SEWING TOO.” SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19970041944

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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