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Wheeler & Wilson Special

Waisted-base Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine

Wheeler & Wilson Number 3

The March 2012 issue of ISMACS News was a special focussing on the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company. Below are collected the Wheeler & Wilson articles from that issue.

Our Scheme to Hem Him In

Wheeler & Wilson's Support for the British War in Africa

Notes on identifying Wheeler & Wilson 'curved needle' machines

... how to tell what you have ...

A note on the Wheeler & Wilson D9 Clones

Like all the great designs, the Wheeler & Wilson D9 was widely copied and cloned.

Wheeler & Wilson's D9

... the long and short of it ...

Wheeler & Wilson's Number 8

James House's Number 8

The House Brothers

James Alford House & Henry Alonzo House and their contributions to the sewing machine

Wheeler & Wilson Number 1 in a Mirrored Bow-front Cabinet

... inherited 1866 Number 1 in a mirrored bowfront cabinet ...

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