"Ruby" by New Home
 

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I'm trying to find resources and information in this machine.

This was my paternal Grandmother's sewing machine. She was an Inuit Woman from Labrador (Canada), who in the 1920's was sent to Boston to be "educated".

All the people I know from my home area who have inherited Family machines all have Singers.

My Grandmother passed away when my father was a young boy, this is the only thing he has that belonged to his mother. My father would use this machine to sew canvas tents (most people refer to them as Prospector Tents). It has been sitting in the back of a closet for 30 years and suffering from a little neglect. All the parts are there, and I think will a good cleaning Ruby will sew again.

I'm trying to find out the history of this machine. I'm thinking my Grandmother must have got Ruby while in Boston and that would be why she would have had a different Machine then those available in her hone area.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

I have no history for you on Ruby, but I wanted to say what a wonderful heirloom she is!

That hand crank on a new home is rarity. Certainly rare in the USA anyway. Make me wonder if it came from England., Hold it tightly.

looks like your serial number has the "R" in it. R is the model number, and according to Needlbar, New Home started doing that around 1930. If it does not, than your machine was made before 1930.

This is some general information about New Home - if you scroll down to Model R, there is a link to a copy of a Manual for this model.

http://www.needlebar.org/nbwiki/inde...achine_Company

Lucky you. To have an heirloom like that. If it made tents - must be an excellent machine.

A couple of other resources
http://janome.com/siteassets/support...anufacture.pdf
http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollect.../sil10-741.pdf which is a pdf for the model R.

Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.