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ISMACS News
Issue 62

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

2026 Update

A new chart has been shared with ISMACS. The original pdf version can be downloaded here: Orange, MA and Rockford IL Dates of Manufacture

Please reference the original .pdf for accuracy, but here follows a hopefully more readable version.

Orange, Massachusetts

Serial Number FROM Serial Number TO Style/Model Approx. Date of Manufacture
0 181,702 No Style # or Model # on Machine Prior to 1890
181,703 257,832 No Style # or Model # on Machine 1881
257,833 333,951 No Style # or Model # on Machine 1882
333,952 622,355 No Style # or Model # on Machine 1883-85
622,356 670,071 No Style # or Model # on Machine 1886
670,072 741,966 No Style # or Model # on Machine 1887
741,967 821,326 No Style # or Model # on Machine 1888
821,327 975,558 No Style # or Model # on Machine 1889
975,559 1,009,830 No Style # or Model # on Machine 1890
1,009,831 1,110,628 No Style # or Model # on Machine 1891
1,110,629 1,225,772 No Style # or Model # on Machine 1892
1,225,773 1,328,940 No Style # or Model # on Machine 1893
1,328,941 1,404,142 No Style # or Model # on Machine 1894
1,404,143 1,478,150 No Style # or Model # on Machine 1895
1,478,151 1,563,650 No Style # or Model # on Machine 1896
1,563,651 1,649,650 No Style # or Model # on Machine 1897
1,649,651 1,743,885 No Style # or Model # on Machine 1898
1,743,886 1,845,000 No Style # or Model # on Machine 1899
1,845,001 1,955,150 No Style # or Model # on Machine 1900
1,955,151 2,088,950 No Style # or Model # on Machine 1901
2,088,951 2,209,550 No Style # or Model # on Machine 1902
2,209,551 2,312,700 No Style # or Model # on Machine 1903
2,312,701 2,512,200 A-E 1904
2,512,201 2,525,940 A 1905
2,525,941 2,657,150 A 1906
2,657,151 2,807,005 A 1907
2,807,006 2,953,240 A-E-F 1908
2,953,241 3,037,850 A-E-F 1909
3,037,851 3,120,450 A-E-F 1910
3,120,451 3,236,271 A-E-F 1911
3,236,272 3,358,840 A-E-F 1912
3,358,841 3,476,975 A-E-F 1913
3,476,976 3,587,425 A-E-F 1914
3,587,426 3,640,375 A-E-F 1915
3,640,376 3,701,250 A-E-F 1916
3,701,251 3,781,950 A-E-F 1917
3,781,951 3,848,300 A-E-F 1918
3,848,301 3,910,708 A-E-F 1919
3,910,709 3,987,600 A-E-F 1920
3,987,601 4,040,900 A-F-G 1921
4,040,901 4,061,200 A-F-G 1922
4,061,201 4,110,868 A-G-S-W-R-T-P-U 1923
4,110,869 4,176,527 A-G-S-W-R-T-P-U 1924
4,176,528 4,215,309 A-G-S-W-R-T-P-U-C 1925
4,215,310 4,271,942 A-G-S-W-R-T-P-U-C 1926
15,000 26,370 A-P-K-W-U-T-AP 1927-28
26,371 68,533 A-P-K-W-U-T-AP-D 1929
68,534 126,400 A-P-K-W-U-T-AP-D 1930

Rockford, Illinois

Serial Number FROM Serial Number TO Style/Model Approx. Date of Manufacture
89,501 90,570 CCE 1932-1935
203,054 220,894 Y 1931-1933
203,054 236,703 AB 1931-1935
203,054 236,703 R 1931-1935
203,054 207,065 T3 1931-1931
203,469 220,894 S 1931-1933
203,469 207,065 XE 1931-1931
203,469 239,872 U 1931-1936
205,600 239,872 X 1931-1936
205,600 248,440 T 1931-1937
205,600 243,135 K 1931-1937
207,066 210,475 D 1932
213,895 236,703 JL 1933-1935
220,895 239,872 TX 1934-1936
236,704 268,450 US 1936-1942
236,704 254,971 TS 1936-1942
236,704 239,872 TS1 1936
229,327 239,872 G 1935-1936
229,327 236,703 RR 1935
229,327 260,047 KK 1935-1944
20,431 20,520 E 1934-1936
88,969 89,254 CE 1936
32,001 35,051 NMO 1934-1942
3,092 3,714 A 1934-1936
42,001 64,167 LN 1933-1942
335,828 875,198 LN 1949-1952
42,001 64,167 LNM 1933-1942
38,651 40,620 ME 1931-1934
19,581 55,680 M 1934-1942
53,001 67,824 AC 1934-1942
331,921 343,534 C 1931-1942
32,001 33,284 GFH 1933-1934
80,001 120,790 NH 1935-1941
80,001 111,540 NLH 1935-1940
97,691 111,540 DNHR 1939-1941
120,791 964,185 NHR 1941-1953
115,921 962,367 NLR 1945-1953
130,000 962,367 NLB 1946-1953
10,228 76,620 AE 1931-1940
43,811 76,620 ALE 1938-1940
43,811 76,620 AAE 1938-1940
62,511 129,342 ARE 1940-1946
62,511 122,252 ALR 1940-1946
335,828 503,167 NHRM 1949
113,000 822,623 ALB 1946-1951
503,168 964,185 NLC 1950-1953
503,168 964,185 ALC 1950-1953
710,710 883,779 LLB 1951-1952
822,624 955,411 LLC 1952-1953
822,624 964,185 AHC 1952-1953
828,639 964,185 AHR 1952-1953
822,624 912,760 LLR 1952
822,624 860,813 AAC 1952
878,412 883,779 AHCT 1952
822,624 964,185 AAB 1952-1953
883,780 930,559 LLCR 1952-1953
923,019 964,185 LLCX 1953

Original from Issue 62

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 (975,558 in the above .pdf)

 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 (1,328,941 in the above .pdf) -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 (1,845,001 in the above .pdf) -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 (3,037,850 in the above .pdf)

 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 (3,476,976 in the above .pdf) -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 (In the above .pdf, the letter B is a letter S.)
4,110,869-4,176,527 1924

4,176,528-4,215,309

 1925

4,215,309-4,271,924 (4,271,942 in the above .pdf)

 1926
15,000-26,370 1927-8 D-P-K-W-W-T-AB-A (A-P-K-W-U-T-AP in the above .pdf)

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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