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1870

UP TO 150.000

1883

VF Model 2 var 1

DAVIS model 2 var 2 # ? ( from teahippo )

DAVIS VF Model 4 (treadle) # 325.481 Kelsew Photo courtesy of Jerry in Salem

DAVIS model 2 (hand crank) # 363.634 (from naehmaschine-antik)

DAVIS VF Model 5 (treadle) # 368.663 ( from sewingmech )

VF Model 5 (treadle) # 380.652

DAVIS VF Model 5 (treadle) # 389.942 Kelsew Photo courtesy of Jerry in Salem

last patent date May 12, 1885, and 1890

DAVIS VF Model 5 VAR 1 # 535.379 Kelsew Photo courtesy of Kelly in PA

DAVIS VF Model 7 # 755.805

DAVIS VF Model 8 # 778.543 www.thayerrags.com

DAVIS VF Model 7 # 791.504 Kelsew Photo courtesy of Jerry in Salem

UP TO 800.000

1901

UP TO 950.000

1902

From 950.001

1.000.000 Sewing Machines April 1902

VF Model 7 var 1 # 1.063.694 Kelsew Photo courtesy of Jerry in Salem

1903

From 1.100.000

MINNESOTA Under Feed model A # 1.201.148 D

MINNESOTA Under Feed model A # 1.207.552 D

1904

From 1.300.000

MINNESOTA Under Feed model B # 1.454.858 D ( from etsy )

UP TO 1.500.000

1905

UP TO 1.700.000

600 machines per day

180.000 sewing machines in one year ?

1906

UP TO 1.900.000

1907

UP TO 2.100.000

1908

Patent January 7 1908

KNICKERBOCKER Under Feed Model N # 2.158.585

UP TO 2.300.000

1909

FROM 2.300.001

2.402.705 (1909)

UP TO 2.500.000

1910

UP TO 2.570.000

1911

UP TO 2.640.000

1912

UP TO 2.690.000

MINNESOTA Under Feed # 2.374.444 D (from thesewbox)

DAVIS VF Model 7 var 1 # 2.449.817 from ninapaley

1913

DAVIS VF Model 8 # 2.707.093

UP TO 2.730.000

1914

2.700.323

DAVIS VF Model 8 # 2.71?.272 www.quiltingboard.com

VERTICAL FEED VF Model 8 # 2.740.054 (gingerbreadcottageliving.blogspot.co.uk)

VERTICAL FEED VF Model 8 # 2.741.378 ( feefifofarah.blogspot)

2.746.650 quiltingboard

2.788.080 quiltingboard

UP TO 2.760.000

1915

UP TO 2.790.000

1915 Advertising

1916

DAVIS Underfeed Model C # 2.852.707 MEDIUM

1918

DAVIS Under Feed Model C var 1 # 3.023.166 FAMILY

1919

DAVIS VF Model 7 var 1 # 3.647.489 ( from sewingmech )

DAVIS VF model # 3.741.713

DAVIS VF Model 8 # 3.744.636 from www.thayerrags.com

DAVIS VF Model 8 # 3.747.629 ( from sewingmech)

3.764.999 Quiltingboard

DAVIS VF model # 3.781.779

DAVIS VF Model 7 var 1 # 3.847.439

1923 circa

DAVIS Under Feed Model D ( on the arm) # 4.103.252 ( from sewingmech )

1924 circa

DAVIS Under Feed Model T (on the arm) # 4.200.770

In 1924, the Davis Company's assets were liquidated. At that time, the company employed 1,800 workers.

The company was purchased by the National Sewing Machine Company

sources:

http://needlebar.org/nbwiki/index.php?title=Davis

http://www.kelsew.info/Domestic/DavisVFmodels.html

Wikipedia

www.thayerrags.com

www.gingerbreadcottageliving.blogspot.co.uk

www.quiltingboard.com

blog.ninapaley.com

The Sewing Machine Gazette

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Invention of the Sewing Machine

by Grace Rogers Cooper