National Sewing Machine Company
National Sewing Machine Company was a Belvidere, Illinois-based manufacturer formed before 1886.[1] The company manufactured sewing machines, washing machines, bicycles, an automobile, home workshop machinery, and cast-iron toys and novelties (under the Vindex Toy Company label).[2]
History
In 1890,and
Harold D. Neff headed up the Vindex toy division between 1916-1951; Vindex was the name of a product line of National's washing machines.[2] National Sewing Machine Company and Farm Mechanics magazine partnered up, with the magazine offering Vindex toys as incentives to children to sell magazine subscriptions.[2]
In 1953 National merged with the Free Sewing Machine Company but was unable to compete with the imported Japanese sewing machine models and the National Sewing Machine Company closed in 1957[3]
Products
- Sewing machines
- Washing machines
- Bicycles[2][4]
- Eldredge (automobile)
- Cast-iron scale models
- Cars from Oldsmobile and Pontiac
- Harley-Davidson motorcycles
- A power shovel
- Farm machinery from John Deere, Case, and Van Brunt
- Horse-drawn wagons
- Book-ends
- Table lamps
- Dog door stops
- Banks (dog and owl)
- Cigarette lighters (bulldog)
- Home workshop machinery
- Vises[5]
- Food grinders[5]
References
- ↑ List of American Sewing Machine Manufacturers A to Z, David Best, SewMuse, 2011 (retrieved 12 February 2012)
- 1 2 3 4 Vindex Toys, Bill Vossler, FarmCollector.com, March 2001 (retrieved 12 February 2012)
- ↑ National Sewing Machine Company, David Best, SewMuse, 2005 (retrieved 12 February 2012)
- ↑ Bicycle Brands, The Wheelman (retrieved 12 February 2012)
- 1 2 From Eldredge to National to Janome, Graham Forsdyke, ISMACS News (International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society), Issue 55, April 1997 (retrieved 11 February 2012)