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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 4408042, member: 360"]Yeah "model names" were definitely a thing. I have a sewing machine made in Germany by the Wertheim Sewing Machine Company, which was based in Frankfurt. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's called "THE PLANET". </p><p><br /></p><p>There's no such thing as the Planet Sewing Machine Co., but the badge on the side of the machine says "WERTHEIM", so it's a Wertheim 'Planet' sewing machine. </p><p><br /></p><p>So yeah, it can get a bit confusing. "The Denver" is, like you say, likely a model name. So it'd be like: </p><p><br /></p><p>"These are the newest models offered by the Davis Sewing Machine Co. - The Chicago, the Denver, the Manhattan..." etc etc, all named after cities, or whatever. </p><p><br /></p><p>Usually, sewing machines were numbered or lettered (Singer 99, Singer 66, 28, 12, 201, the Minnesota A., B, C, etc, and so on), but 'model names' also appear to have been a thing, although I think that practice was less common.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 4408042, member: 360"]Yeah "model names" were definitely a thing. I have a sewing machine made in Germany by the Wertheim Sewing Machine Company, which was based in Frankfurt. It's called "THE PLANET". There's no such thing as the Planet Sewing Machine Co., but the badge on the side of the machine says "WERTHEIM", so it's a Wertheim 'Planet' sewing machine. So yeah, it can get a bit confusing. "The Denver" is, like you say, likely a model name. So it'd be like: "These are the newest models offered by the Davis Sewing Machine Co. - The Chicago, the Denver, the Manhattan..." etc etc, all named after cities, or whatever. Usually, sewing machines were numbered or lettered (Singer 99, Singer 66, 28, 12, 201, the Minnesota A., B, C, etc, and so on), but 'model names' also appear to have been a thing, although I think that practice was less common.[/QUOTE]
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