Singer 221k featherweight 1950/1951 sewing machine with centennial badge
This Singer 221k featherweight Centennial Badge sewing machine is different from the other Singers. Very small and very capable. According to the serial number, this machine was manufactured in 1950, but there is a very nice badge celebrating a century of sewing service from 1851 to 1951. This is known as a Centennial Badge. Reading about this I found this badge celebrates 50 years of sewing machine production by Singer, but the badges were sometimes mounted on slightly earlier machines, but oddly not all 1951 machines received the badge. The General Electric Sewhandy and the Singer Featherweight look very similar. It seems they are related as Osann, the manufacturer of the SewhandyOsann was acquired by Standard, which was later acquired by the Singer Manufacturing Company. Singer continued production of the Sewhandy under the Standard brand through the early 30s while working on an improved design, which would be introduced as the Model 221 during the 1934 World’s Fair, featuring aluminum construction and small size, light weight and an improved self-fastening bobbin case.
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