Origin / Description: Antique Domestic Foot Petal Sewing Machine with Cabinet. Includes accessories in the drawers. Some drawers missing hardware.  See pictures fro more information.
Serial # 587439
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Domestic Food Pedal Sewing Machine

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Treadle sewing machine - a sewing machine that is powered mechanically by a foot pedal that is pushed back and forth by the operator?s foot.

https://www.fiddlebase.com/american-machines/domestic-sewing-machine-company/

Domestic Sewing Machine Co.

• William A. Mack & Co. 1861 - 1869 - Norwalk, Ohio
• Domestic Sewing Machine Company 1869-1924 - Norwalk, Ohio
• ?As subsidiary of the White S. M. Co.? 1924-1930s
• A short biographical sketch of Frank Mack
  • Frank Mack was a native of NY but went to Ohio at an early age, making his home there until his death.
  • In 1862 he enlisted and served during the Civil War. In the fall of 1865 he resumed his old occupation of school teaching, until he entered the sewing machine business
  • 1866 - joined the William Mack & Co.
  • 1867 became general selling agent for the company
  • In 1872 he joined his brothers, Miles Mack, in the firm of Mack Brothers, at Akron, Ohio
  • From 1861, William Mack and N.S. Perkins started manufacturing sewing machine and/or parts of sewing machine, in Norwalk, Ohio
  • In 1868, the Domestic Sewing Machine Company was formed and continued to produce machines in Norwalk, Ohio
  • ?Domestic was one of the premier manufacturers of vibrating shuttle sewing machines from the 1860s through 1880s, at a time when Singer only manufactured reciprocating shuttle models for domestic use.?
  • ** This is an excellent company timeline of history

https://sewalot.com/domestic%20sewing%20machine.htm

• Two partners, N.S. Perkins and William Mack, used the 1863 ?Mach Patent? to set up sewing machine parts production. Towards the end of the American Civil War the Domestic Sewing Machine Co was formed. Their first complete sewing machine was made in 1864.
• When they did make their first complete sewing machines the machines used an open-ended shuttle much like the Weed machines of the period, possibly under license.
• By 1869 they were using the Domestic Sewing Machine name on their own complete machines.
• By 1872 they were manufacturing nearly 50,000 machines per year, each one by hand. This was an amazing expansion. Just imagine a factory capable of hand building and assembling 1000 sewing machines every few days. They must have had a huge number of employees.
• So we know that N.S. Perkins and William Mack started the Domestic Sewing Machine Company in 1864 in Norwalk, Ohio. The company prospered for decades until finally disappearing during the Depression Era of the 1930s.
• Starting with numbers such as Domestic Sewing Machine No 1, 2, 3, they then moved to letters model A, B, C and so on and lastly to names. All of their machines look pretty standard, there were no unusual designs or shapes. You could look at a sewing machine of the 1940s and see the Domestic Sewing Machine of the 1880s.
• They boasted more silver-plating on their machines than any other sewing machine company and top-quality walnut was used in their cabinets. One of their main benefits in DSM manufacturing was the elimination of cogs and gears. THis made the machines light and easy to turn, also very quiet.
• 1913 Domestic Sewing Machine Company advert

?The Domestic Sewing Machine Co in Newark, NJ was incorporated with the Domestic Sewing Machine Co, Norwalk, Ohio in 1872 and continued to produce machines and parts from Newark until 1906.

http://ismacs.net/domestic/thoughts_on_the_domestic_sewing_machine_company.html

• ?The company secured a niche as producers of good quality, light-running models, although never seriously rivaling Singer, stayed indepedent in business until 1924, when it was taken over by the White Sewing Machine company who maintained it as a subsidiary.?

https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/18845-domestic-antique-treadle-sewing-machin

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Origin / Description: Antique Singer Treadle Sewing Machine & Cabinet.
Serial # G9808008
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Singer treadle sewing machine

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https://antiques.lovetoknow.com/Domestic_Treadle_Sewing_Machine

Isaac Singer was the father of the modern sewing machine. Treadle-powered, belt-powered, hand-powered, and eventually electric-powered, the machines made Singer the foremost sewing machine company in the world. Until the 1950s, when Japanese-made machines flooded the market, Singer held a virtual monopoly on sewing machines in the US. Today the company is out of the sewing machine business entirely, having sold its sewing machine business to Germany?s Pfaff Sewing Machine Co. Sewing machines currently carrying the Singer name are branded models built in Asia for the Pfaff Company.

https://www.singer.com/about-us

Singer - history

• 1861 Isaac singer patented the first practical sewing machine

http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-sewing-machine-serial-number-database.html

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Origin / Description: Toys Sign. Originally came from Lorain Hardware Co.
Approximate Measurements: 39" X 31"
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Origin / Description: Golf Sign. Originally came from Lorain Hardware Co.
Approximate Measurements: 40" X 32"
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Origin / Description: Wheel Goods Sign. Originally came from Lorain Hardware Co.
Approximate Measurements: 75" X 32"
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Origin / Description: Hunting Fishing Sign. Originally came from Lorain Hardware Co.
Approximate Measurements: 73" X 33"
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Origin / Description: Wire Spinner
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Cable spinner - originally owned by the Lorain Telephone Company

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Words on spindle device: ?wire spool *brake* in spindle? and ?left hand thread?

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Origin / Description: Vintage Kenmore Mangle (Automatic Ironer) with Baked Enamel White Hood. Circa Early 1950's

Somehow, the term "Mangle" seems to be very fitting when referencing laundry! 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aii1m2-uxkk

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Origin / Description: Antique White 5 Panel Door

Approximate Measurements: 32" X 80"

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Origin / Description: Sporting Goods Sign. Originally came from Lorain Hardware Co.
Approximate Measurements: 33" X 98"
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Origin / Description: Antique Urinal Door with an interesting "offer" on the back!
Approximate Measurements: 30" X 79"
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Origin / Description: Antique Office Door
Approximate Measurements: 32" X 80"
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Origin / Description: Antique Solid Wood 5 Panel Door
Approximate Measurements: 30" X 78"
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Origin / Description: The American Stove Company Direct Action Lorain Oven Heat Regulator Stove

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The "Lorain" Oven Heat Regulator

I would be remiss if I wrapped up my brief look at the American Stove Company in Lorain without mentioning the famous Lorain Oven Heat Regulator, which is considered to be the first thermostat for manufactured kitchen ovens. It was invented by Benjamin E. Meacham, of Lorain, Ohio, who was the superintendent of the plant.

He designed his automatic heat control, called the "Lorain," in 1913 and tested it at home in his own kitchen for eighteen months. After the success of this test trial, the factory put it into production and the first range equipped with the device shipped in December 1914.

The American Stove Company adopted the regulator for all six of its divisions in 1919.

Here's the whole story, as summed up in an article that appeared in the June 17, 1922 issue of American Gas Journal.

https://www.worldcat.org/title/1888-the-dangler-stove-manufacturing-co-main-office-and-factory-vincent-st-cleveland-o-chicago-branch-297-dearborn-st/oclc/12391959

http://danielebrady.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-lorain-oven-heat-regulator.html
 
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Origin / Description: Direct Action Stove from Lorain. Built in Lorain Ohio. Back leg is not affixed to the stove but is included in the lot.
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Origin / Description: Antique Gamewell System Control Panel from a Gamewell
Telegraph Fire Alarm System

Approximate Measurements: 50" H X 25" W

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• A Brief History of the Gamewell Telegraph Fire Alarm System

  By ?Webster Fire / Rescue Massachusetts? ... Updated about 5 years ago
  Many people who lived in town over the years likely recall the sound of the Fire Alarm Whistle blasting out

  a box number. In fact, in some parts of town, you probably still hear the system from neighboring Dudley.

  Sure, most usually knew that meant a fire, or at the very least, a fire call. But many probably never knew much about the system.

  The fire alarm telegraph system was developed in 1852. The Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company was later formed in 1879 and continues to support the system today.

  The fire alarm telegraph system is a series of fire alarm boxes located on street corners, telephone poles, and commercial buildings. These boxes are connected via low voltage wiring located either on telephone poles or underground and connected to decoding devices in the Fire Station. Each box is assigned a specific number and when a box is pulled or activated, a ?code wheel? containing ?teeth? will spin, causing the normally closed circuit to open for a momentary pulse. These pulses correspond to the box number, alerting the fire department of the activated box alarm. The box # is transmitted four times, known as rounds, to assure it is received properly at the fire station.

  These pulses are what would cause the blasting of the signal via the horn. Essentially, if Box # 122 was activated, one pulse followed by a short pause, followed by two pulses, another short pause, then two

more pulses followed by a long pause would be transmitted four times. This would transmit four rounds of the box number to the fire station, audibly by the horn, and audibly inside the fire station on a gong type bell.

Webster?s Fire Alarm system was first installed in 1893, initially utilizing a church bell and a mill whistle to alert firefighters of an alarm. At the height of its existence, the system contained multiple whistles and over 100 boxes, nearly 80 of which were street boxes located on telephone poles or ground pedestals.

Back before radio alerting became the standard of alerting firefighters, when a call was received, dispatchers would transmit the box number of the nearest fire alarm box. This would pinpoint the neighborhood of the response.

Although Webster removed the horn system about 5 years ago, Webster still operated a box alarm system that contains one ?street box? located on a telephone pole and approximately forty ?master boxes? which were tied to the fire alarm systems in commercial buildings until 2014. With the advent of 911, improved central station alarm monitoring, and especially cellular phones, the fire alarm telegraph system has become largely outdated and is slowly being removed from service.

As of September 11, 2014, the Fire Alarm Telegraph System in the Town of Webster has been completed removed from service.

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Origin / Description: Antique Screen Door

Approximate Measurements: 32" X 81"

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Origin / Description: Antique Screen Door

Approximate Measurements: 32" X 81"

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Origin / Description: Antique Screen Door

Approximate Measurements: 32" X 83"

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