

Figure 92. — Grover and Baker sewing machine. The 

 Grover and Baker machine was one of the more popular 

 machines from the 1850s until the early 1870s. The company 

 produced iron-frame machines, fine cabinet models, and 

 portables (figs. 35 and 36). Their machines may be dated by- 

 serial number approximately as follows: 



Serial Numbt > 

 1—500 

 501 — 1000 

 1001 — 1658 

 1659—3893 

 3894—5038 



Year 

 1851 

 1852 

 1853 

 1854 

 1855 



Serial Numbei 



5039—7000 



7001 — 10681 



10682—15752 



15753—26033 



26034 — 14869 



1 'ear 

 1856 

 1857 

 1858 

 1859 

 1860 



Serial 

 44870 

 63706 

 82642- 

 101478 

 120314 

 139149 

 157887 

 190887 



Number 

 -63705 

 —82641 

 101477 

 120313 

 139148 

 157886 

 190886 

 225886 



Year 

 861 

 862 

 863 

 864 

 865 

 866 

 867 



(Smithsonian photo 45513-B, an engraving of a Grover 

 and Baker sewing machine from an advertising brochure of 

 about 1870.) 



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