The Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection 1885

updated 4 June 2018 <PREVIOUS PAGE       ~  index  ~        NEXT PAGE> The  International Sewing Machine Collectors Society  has an excellent page on the   men behind the founding of this company  which originally appeared in ISMACS News July 1997, issue No. 56 "Located in Cleveland, Ohio, the Standard Sewing Machine Company began manufacturing sewing machines in 1884. Standard was one of the many manufacturers that sprang up shortly after the dissolution of the Sewing Machine Combination of Singer, Wheeler & Wilson, and Grover & Baker. Their most popular model was the Standard Rotary, which was manufactured basically unchanged from the 1880s through 1910s. Standard also manufactured a number of vibrating shuttle models (one sold as the Minnesota “L” and the other sold as the Kenmore by Sears Roebuck & Co.). However, the rotary models were the most popular. The Stand...