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New Home Numbers

ISMACS News
Issue 62

A CHANCE discovery by Judy Armstrong allows ISMACS members to date New Home machines from day one-1879 until 1930.

Serial numbers Date Style
181,702 1879
181,703-257,832 1881

257,833-333,951

 1882

333,952-622,355

 1883-5

622,356-670,071

 1886

670,072-741,966

 1887

741,967-821,326

 1888

821,327-875,558

 1889

975,559-1,009,830

 1890
1,009,831-1,110,628 1891
1,110,629-1,225,772 1892
1,225,773-1,328,940 1893
1,228,941-1,404,142 1894
1,404,143-1,478,150 1895
1,478,151-1,563,650 1896
1,563,651-1,649,650 1897
1,649.651-1,743,885 1898
1,743,886-1,845,000 1899
1,945,001-1,955,150 1900
1,955,151-2,088,950 1901

2,088,951-2,209,550

 1902

2,209,551-2,312,700

 1903

2,312,701-2,512,200

 1904

A-E

2,512,201-2,525,940

 1905

A

2,525,941-2,657,150

 1906

A

2,657,151-2,807,005

 1907

A

2,807,006-2,953,240

 1908 A-E-F    

2,953,241-3,027.850

 1909

A-E-F

3,037,850-3,120,450

 1910

A-E-F

3,120,451-3,236,271

 1911

A-E-F

3,236,271-3,358,840

 1912

A-E-F

3,358,840-3,476,975

 1913

A-E-F

3,475,976-3,587,425

 1914

A-E-F

3,587,426-3,640,375

 1915

A-E-F

3,640.376-3,701,250

 1916

A-E-F

3,701,251-3,781,950

 1917

A-E-F

3,781,951-3,848,300

 1918

A-E-F

3,848,301-3,910,708

 1919

A-E-F

3,910,709-3,987,600

 1920

A-E-F

3,987,601-4,040,900

 1921

A-F-G

4,040,901-4,061,200

 1922

A-F-G

4,061,201-4,110,668

 1923

A-G-B-W-R-T-P-U
4,110,869-4,176,527 1924

4,176,528-4,215,309

 1925

4,215,309-4,271,924

 1926
15,000-26,370 1927-8 D-P-K-W-W-T-AB-A    

26,371-68,533

 1929

68,534-126,400

 1930

NOTE: New Home also has records showing manufacturing dates up to 1955. If you have a machine manufactured by New Home or Free Westinghouse and want to know the year of manufacture, please send the serial number to the New Home Sewing Machine Co, PO Box 25901, Los Angeles 25, California.


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