Click the photos below to see the story behind each machine.

This “Blackside” Singer 66-16 was commissioned on December 16, 1941.

This Kenmore model 117.959 was manufactured by the White Sewing Machine Company in 1949.

This is a “Steam-O-Matic” steam iron manufactured by the Waverly Tool Company in Sandusky, Ohio.

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