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My grandmother's 1938 sewing machine. She used into the 1970s (the decade she died) and then my mom would ocassionally use it into the early/mid 80s. Then it went into hibernation for about 25 years until I rescued it from that dark closet and breathed new life into it. I got it fixed and it works fine. I even dropped it once and it made no impact on it whatsoever. I'm sure if I dropped my modern Brother machine it would shatter into a million pieces. lol
The machine I inherited from Mom is similar to yours. It's a brand called Domestic and it's from 1948. The machine is brown metal and the cabinet has three drawers on the right hand side. Mom was one of the "homesewers" for the Vogue Doll Company line of Ginny doll garments. I still have some of the items.
I've had the machine serviced once and the technician said "This machine will outlast both of us."