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The purpose of the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society is to foster the collecting of, and research into, sewing machines.

Display Case Listing

An ISMACS Exclusive!!!
Boye Display Case

This list taken from a very late case and does not provide information on early cases, or for that matter, early machines.


Machine Name Needle Tube Numbers Shuttle Tube and Bobbin Numbers
American New 4
Acme 14 13
Ajax 10 9
Alamo 14 13
Alliance 10 9
Alta 14 13
Alva 14 13
American No. 7 26
American Union 4 3
Arlington 14
Belox 14 13
Bartlett 14 13
Belvidere 14
Ben Hur 10 9
Blade 14 13
Blue Ribbon 14 13
Boston 10 9
Brunswick 14 13
Buckeye 12 11
Burdick 10 9
Climax 4 3
C. & C. 10 9
Century New 10 9
Columbia 14
Columbus 12
Conover 10 9
Conquest 8 7
Continental 14 13
Cosmo 4 3
Cottage 14 13
Courier Journal 14 13
Crescent 14 13
Crown 12
Davis - New 10 9
Davis Rotary 6
Davis - Old Style 20
Damascus Grand Rotary 21
Damascus Grand Vibrator 14 13
Datonia 10 9
Dayton 10 9
Decorah Posten 14 13
Defender 12
Defiance 14 13
Demorest 8
Dixon 14 13
Domestic 8 7
Domestic - Rotary 16
Domestic Singer Style 16 15
Duplex 14 13
Eldredge - B - C - D 14 13
Elderage Rotary - Latest 21
Eclipse 14 13
Economy 14 13
Economy Rotary 6
Edgemere 14 13
Electric 14 13
Elgin Rotary 2 1/2
Elgin Vibrator 16 15
Elmore 16 13
Emblem 4 3
Empire 14 13
Empress 14
Excelsior 14 13
Expert 14 13
Free 16 15
Free Rotary 2 1/2
Falcon 4 3
Family Friend 14 13
Famous 14 13
Favorite 4 3
Field 14 13
Fireside 14 13
Florence New 12
Franklin 16 15
Gold Hibbard 10 9
Golden Star 12 11
Gold Medal 12
Goodrich 14 13
Grand 14 13
Grant 6 9
Household 2
Hacket 14 13
Happy Home 14 13
Helping Hand 14 13
Helpmate 8
Home Comfort 14 13
Home and Farm 14
Homestead 14 13
Hibbard 10 9
Honeymoon 10 9
Howe G 18
Hudson 4 3
Imperial 14 13
Idalia 14
Ideal 14 13
Iowa 14 13
Jennie June 2
Jewel 14 13
Kenmore Rotary 16
Kensington 6 5
Kenwood 14 13
Keystone 14 13
Leader 14 13
Lakeside 6 5
Lessing 16 13
Lexington 10 9
Liberty 10 9
Minneapolis 14 13
Majestic 14
Marcy Special 10 9
Marguerite 2
Marvel 14 13
Mascot 4 3
Masonia 12
Matchless 14
Maywood 14 13
Milwaukee 14 13
Minnesota B. C. D. F. S. 10 9
Minnesota G. H. A. X. 16 13
Minnesota No. 1 14 13
Minnesota K. L. 6 9
Monarch 14 13
Montgomery Ward 14 13
New Home 4 3
New Home Rotary 16
New Home Rotary - Latest 2 1/2
Nebraska Farmer 14 13
Necchi 16
Netzow 10 9
Newark 8 7
New England Queen 14 13
New Goodrich 14 13
New Howe 6 5
New Ideal 4 3
New Model 14 13
New National 4 3
New Peerless 14 13
New Queen 14 13
New Royal - Old Style 24 19
New Royal Latest 16
New Sterling 14 13
New Victor 12
New Willard 16 13
Niobe 4 3
Norwood 6 5
Old Homestead 14
Oakland 14 13
Ohio Farmer 10 9
Oregon 14 13
Orient 10 9
Oxford 14 13
Pan American 4 3
Paragon 6 5
Paveway 14 13
Peerless 14 13
Pioneer Press 14 13
Prairie Queen 14 13
Premium 14 13
Princess 10 9
Pritzlaff 14
Progress 14 13
Queen 12 11
Reliance 4 3
Reliable 8 7
Republic 14 13
Royal St. John 24
Ruby 4 3
Russell 14 13
Singer - Flat Shank 16 15
Singer - Round Shank 23
Singer R. W. & W. Style 18
Seamstress 14
Secora 14 13
Service 24 19
Sewhandy 2 1/2
Standard 6 5
Standard G 2 1/2
Twentieth Century 14 13
Treasure 14 13
Triumph 14 13
Tuxedo 4 3
Velox 14 13
Vindex 14 13
White Rotary 16
White Vibrator 12 11
White Vibrator - Latest 16 11
White - Old Style 20
Wabash 4 3
Western Electric Vibrator 14 13
Western Electric Rotary 21
Western Electric, 2 Spool 16
Western Electric - Automatic 20 1/2
Willcox & Gibbs 20 1/2
Willard A 4 3
Windsor B 14 13
Wheeler & Wilson No. 9 18
Wheeler & Wilson No. 8 27

Notations on needle or shuttle cases pictured on metal can.
Boye Needles, Shuttles and Bobbins Two-piece Case

Two Piece Version of the Needle Case

Item Number Notes
1
2
2 1/2
3
4 Sell Tube 16 if Rotary, Sell Tube 2½ if Latest Rotary
5
6 Sell Tube 2½ if Latest
7
8
9
10 Sell Tube 6 if Rotary
11
12 Sell Tube 16 if Latest
13 Sell Shuttle 22 if Too Short
14 Sell Tube 21 if Rotary
15
16
17
18
19
20
20 1/2
21
22 Sell Shuttle 13 if Too Long
23
24 Sell Tube 16 if Latest
25
26
27

(Information supplied to ISMACS by David White)
(Pictures Courtesy of Connie Woods)