July 22nd, 2013

It’s not every day that we run into an item that is older than our grandparents. Needless to say the JUSTJUNK Vancouver team was more than a little bit surprised to find a classic sewing machine that dates back to 1903!

Just think about that, In 1903 Wilfrid Laurier was the Prime Minister, and the Wright brothers had only just come up with the idea for the airplane! Things were simpler then, and yet in the case of this sewing machine they were also built to last.

The most remarkable thing about this Sewing machine is that the singer corporation is still making sewing machines today! The serial number on the side was what tipped us off to the extreme age of the machine (not to mention the fact that it looks the part).

When we consulted the handy Singer website we were able to track down the exact year the machine was produced! The machine is in such good condition that it even has one of its original leather belts! It is very rare for us to find an item that is this old and still in working condition. Rest assured the item has not been taken to the junk yard. After realizing that none of our gentlemen were capable of using the machine themselves it was deemed necessary to put the machine into storage until a viable decision of what to do with it could be reached. Until then the machine will wait quietly for its time to sew again, more than a century after it began performing that very same task.