Singer Trapezoid Cabinet #74, original bench and Singer 301a short bed tan sewing machine

Singer Trapezoid Cabinet #74, original bench and 301 short bed machine

I purchased this machine from a lady in Chicago. She was having an estate sale for her mother who passed away in 2018. On the last day of the sale, first thing in the morning, I drove to the home, on a Sunday. I had emailed her about the machine when I found it on craigslist. Because the sale was actually over that day, and the machine hadn't sold, she let me have the machine, bench and cabinet for $75. She could tell how excited I was to have it. She told me that she had sewed her prom dress on the machine.

Here are my photos:

This is the original tan 301 above, and the original #74 trapezoid cabinet, below:

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