Google the make and model number
We purchased our Kenmore Sewing Machine Model 95 on 28 September 1967. My wife is still using it.
It means that the sewing machine is the E1 model manufactured by Brother (the company). This would be helpful, for example, should you lose the manual and need to find it online, using the model.
Google the make and model number
1957
1963-1965
How oold is my Domestic rotary sewing machine 151-84037
1987
1976
http://userguides.50webs.com/challenge_sewing_machine.html They carry the manual for every sewing machine ever manufactured.
I purchased this machine in 1979
1912 tons of extras oreginal cond.