Thanks for all the nice comments, we are thrilled to have this inherited family heirloom set running, it hasn’t run in probably 60 years. I wasn’t sure anyone could get the set to run again.
Here is what was done to get it working: the armature was rewound, commutator replaced, lamps repaired, lamp wiring replaced, brush holder plate fixed to repair wear due to armature shaft contact and the manual reverse unit adjusted.
Hopefully the set will run for another 100 years.
If you need help like this, Albert “The Motor Doctor” was great: http://themotordoctor.com.