Q: We would like some help regarding our White sewing machine. As much as we love it, we think it is time that we consider putting it up for sale. I have done my best to locate a manufactured date ...

H. WHITE as the White Mfg. Co. in 1866. Ten years later it was known as White Sewing Machine Co., with 600 employees producing the White Rotary Bobbin sewing machine in a 5-story factory on Canal St.

WESTLAKE -- The owner of Cleveland's 132-year-old White Sewing Machine Co. will close its Westlake office in early 2009, ending 85 jobs here, and move its headquarters to Tennessee, the company said.