Priscilla Sewing Machine

The "Priscilla" was a private brand manufactured, circa 1920, by the New Home Sewing Machine Company of Orange, Massachusetts. New Home manufactured b...
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The "Priscilla" was a private brand manufactured, circa 1920, by the New Home Sewing Machine Company of Orange, Massachusetts. New Home manufactured both vibrating shuttle and rotary machines; Tmany were "stenciled" or "badged" with brand names like "Priscilla," for retailers and mail-order houses.
By the 1890's, the New Home Sewing Machine Company was the largest employer in Franklin County, Massachusetts, with an annual production of over 100,000 machines. After World War II (WWII), the introduction of cheaper Japanese machines into the U.S. market severely crippled American sewing machine manufacturers. Eventually, the company failed and "New Home" was absorbed by Janome, a Japanese corporation, in 1957.

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