In 1882, the company was producing about 1,200 sewing machines a week and about 60,000 machines annually. From the beginning, it was a very popular model, with a total of about 80,000 sold from 1876 through 1880. The first White sewing machine labelled as such was a vibrating-shuttle model introduced in 1876.Ī vibrating-shuttle lock-stitch sewing machine was introduced in 1876.
The Wilkinson Machine Shop at Templeton, Massachusetts, where Thomas White constructed his first machine-a copy of the New England-type chain-stitch model.
