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Which was the top Reported sm in 1951 & 1940 ? I could not find the answer ... anyone?
tgm and Kittys   Advanced Beginner WI USA Member since 3/8/10 Posts: 6951	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/8/13 1:35 PM An earlier post by LynneRowe got me thinking which sm was the most recommended /winner of awards in our Vintage special sm kids time? I tried to find it without my success...DH said they only thing he could find said that the White Rotary was a very big seller in 1940 & made extraordinary well. ..... I knew I should have kept that White treadle my very first ever sm ... stupid ex trashed it! .......... anyways................ So in 1951 was any of our Singer Centennials ? Was it Kenmore? Which one? In the 1940s was it a FW ? Or another sm ? Inquiring minds you know.... Thank you for helping solve this puzzle. ......... if not too much trouble could you please post where you found the info.... Thanks so very much! ------ I am a gal from Kalamazoo.... oh what a gal... smile.... It is in Michigan... la la la ...love that Glen Miller classic! Home of Abigail The Babykins & Lil Mittee kitty >^,,^ Be Still, & Know That I am, God + Please say a prayer for my poor feet. ... + ..one month down .. 6 weeks more to go.. They are healing. Thanks everyone for your prayers. 5/8/13 smile
andye   Beginner VA USA Member since 5/9/09 Posts: 1532	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/8/13 2:15 PM Look in consumer magazines of the period-- Good Housekeeping comes to mind, though perhaps without good reason.
LynnRowe   Advanced BC CANADA Member since 3/9/09 Posts: 6787	Login to reply to this post In reply to tgm and Kittys << Like this post Date: 1/8/13 2:26 PM No idea, but I'd bet 1940 was a Singer. -- Edited on 1/8/13 2:27 PM -- ------ I heart Panzy, Pfaff Creative Performance, the sewing machine love of my life! And Rupert (Pfaff 2023), Baby (BL Enlighten), Victor (BLCS), Ash (Bernina 350SE), Pal (Bernina 530), Kee (Bernina 750) and the Featherteen Flock! Most of all, I heart Woo (HimmyCat). Until we meet again, my beautiful little boy. I love you.
loti   Advanced FL USA Member since 5/27/04 Posts: 3528	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/8/13 2:32 PM I agree it would have to be Singer if this is any indication. Three Smart Daughters ------ "A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.” Coco Chanel Stash Sewn in 2011 148.5 Yds Stash Sewn in 2012.... counting... http://adonising.blogspot.com
Jennifer Hill Advanced AB CANADA Member since 4/11/02 Posts: 1480	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 1/8/13 2:38 PM I'll just throw out opinions here..... In the '40s and early '50s, Singer was still the market leader in the SM biz, at least in North America. And their TOL model from 1935 to about 1954 was the 201. Nobody has the same top end model in their lines for so long anymore. Not saying it was the top seller though. TOLs have always been the most expensive, aspirational models. Based on the numbers of machines of that vintage still kicking around the resale market, I'd venture that the Singer 15-91 may have been the top seller, with other Singers like FWs and 99s following. I'll bet Singer still sold more machines than everyone else combined. Even though European machines were starting to enter the North American market in the early '50s, they didn't sell in the same quantities as the popular Singers. Singer was starting its decline by the time the 201 was surpassed as TOL. I'm not sure which Singer replaced it - early Singer zz machines (26/306/319/320) were not big sellers and didn't compete well with the Euro brands. The last great Singer was probably the 401 in the late 1950s. Jennifer in Calgary
andye   Beginner VA USA Member since 5/9/09 Posts: 1532	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/8/13 2:54 PM The best sewing machines may have been imported into the country in limited numbers--too limited to garner market share. Remember too that the importer handled the electrical conversion, soi there were ample opportunities to mar an otherwise perfect machine. -- Edited on 1/8/13 2:55 PM --
RipStitcher Intermediate Member since 5/28/12 Posts: 1403	Login to reply to this post In reply to andye << 2 members like this. Date: 1/8/13 3:08 PM Quote: andye Look in consumer magazines of the period-- Good Housekeeping comes to mind, though perhaps without good reason. Looking up Good Housekeeping is a good idea. Remember the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval? (My elna had one of those little silver stickers on it!) GH used to rate sm's... so that might be an interesting journey if you can find info from that time period. ------ nightowlsally.com On my radar someday: Babylock Serger, and some machine for travel. My dearest wish is to have Bernina come out with a machine that doesn't give me a reason to *not* buy it. 2012: New Elna Lotus (mostly for granddaughter), Red Elna Press, Horizon 7700, Gidget 2 Table, Babylock Ellisimo Gold 1970's: Elna SU62 & ElnaPress
Soolip Advanced CA USA Member since 6/18/08 Posts: 2000	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 1/8/13 3:19 PM I know the Morse SuperDial was given a GHSA in 1955. It used to be that when the magazine awarded a product this seal they used to refund your money if it didn't perform properly. I looked up the sewing machine rated by GH in 2011, and I have to say, both the evaluation process and their choices seemed to be performed by people who didn't actually sew. Also, they divided sewing machines into the categories of Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced — moronic. Apparently, more advanced sewers need more stitches! And the people with the most skill have embroidery machines, because it takes so much talent and ability to change the thread when the machine beeps.
GothDom   Advanced OR Member since 3/24/10 Posts: 1904	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 1/8/13 3:27 PM lol Soolip! I think they are referring to the functions of the machine rather than the sewists using them! ------ http://www.acdc-vintage.com This one, that one, and a bunch of other ones! (though the herd is getting more streamlined)
annenet   Advanced VA USA Member since 8/2/03 Posts: 1013	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 1/8/13 3:28 PM I know when my Mom got her machine as a junior high graduation gift it was a lightly used Singer 201-2 in a Queen Anne cabinet. That same machine and cabinet is at the top of my stairs and is as handsome as when she got it. At the time she said it was a TOL machine and couldn't get over the fact her Father bought it for her. ------ So many projects, not enough time At my house in VA: Bernina 1010, Activa 220, Artista 630E, B580 Singer 201-2, 221, Bernina Serger 1100D, 1300MDC Consew 75T At my Lake House in PA: Bernina Artista 165E, Singer 503A http://sewingtechie.blogspot.com/

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