The first Singer sewing machine was patented in 1851. It was the first rigid-arm model and included a table to support the cloth. A vertical presser foot kept ... versions operated by a hand ...

Lawrence “Larry” Klope’s passion and knack for working with antique sewing and knitting machines may be innate. Perhaps his ...

For the 109 years that the factory operated in Elizabeth ... and a general decline in sewing machine sales. In 1982, the last 560 workers at the 1,400,000 square foot Elizabeth factory were ...