Before $2 shops and Temu, there were Arthur’s, Geoff’s and Pete’s Emporiums – and that was only the beginning.
To get ready for the auction, Bette Boellstorff’s family spent months cleaning the antique and vintage machines, careful not to damage the designs.
In the Syracuse 4-H building, over 250 sewing machines were up for sale at an auction. They were collected by Bette ...
“The different types of names that they give the patterns date the machine ... girl playing with one of her mother’s favorite toy sewing machines. “Mom would have loved seeing this ...