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Hi Paul, I get the sense that there was one person at Eureka’s headquarters in Bloomington, Illinois that was in charge of selling Eureka’s designs and blueprints to other appliance manufacturers around the world. The guy in charge must have travelled a lot as this was well before the internet...

Found it: in Australia a modified Eureka RotoMatic was sold as the “Pye Rotovac”….

Later on in its history, Eureka vacuums were sold in other countries under other brandnames and sometimes even made locally: In the UK, the MobilAire canister was sold under the Parnell name. And much more recently…in the 2000’s….some Eureka and Sanitaire uprights were sold under the...

The 2042 was really the “Grand Prize Winner” of the upright ratings in Consumer Reports in 1973. It was listed as a “Best Buy” for offering high value for the price. Eureka’s 2082 came second I think just because it was more expensive due to the extra features like the Rugulator and CordAway...

Besides the RCA Whirlpool canister vac, another amazing 1950’s cleaner is the “tuna can” round Sunbeam vacuum with the world’s first air-driven turbo nozzle. Those in the “know” say it had a huge suction fan that created lots of airflow to drive the carpet nozzle.

Definitely think of getting an RCA Whirlpool canister with the first power nozzle. I think there was Sears Kenmore version as well. Not sure how well they performed, but this model represents a giant leap forward in the evolution of canister cleaners….way back in the 1950’s.

Thanks Paul! It’s interesting that though the joint venture in Danville started in 1990, it would be a few years before you would see “Made in USA” Panasonic vacs coming out of that factory. Until that time, Panasonic Jet Flo uprights would be shipped over from Japan, and Kenmore uprights...

Thanks Paul! Somehow I mistakenly thought the Hoover passed on the “bag first” patent to Matsushita/Panasonic in the early 1970’s. This was a decade too early. So in the 1980’s we saw Panasonic Jet Flo uprights in stores, while Sears Kenmore was still getting their uprights from Singer and...

I remember several versions of a joke that referred to “a child looking more like the neighbourhood milk man or post man than his father”!!!!! 🤣

Okay…I will defer to the Panasonic experts….1991 it is. :-)

Really? That late? Wish we could see a newspaper ad for this model to pin this down…

I think this model is from the early 1980’s….

Here’s the “Love American Style” episide with the Dynavac (Eureka Princess) door to door salesman:

That’s hysterical! I wonder how many dtd vacuum salesmen had affairs with lonely housewives. Even Hoover and Eureka started out with door to door sales teams. Thanks for sharing!!!! I will repost the YouTube clip from the “Love American Style” episode with JoAnne Worley and the jealous...

Thank you for the photos Paul!!! Very very helpful to see the model numbers attached to pics of “the real thing”!!! 👍🙏

Love the news article!!! A musical comedy show to introduce a new vacuum? Amazing! Eureka used humour a lot in their sales and marketing material and advertising - which made me appreciate the company even more!!!! (beginning with that mid 1960’s Princess tv commercial.) Thanks for posting!!!

Hi Paul….thank you for organizing this detailed Eureka information. It is much appreciated! I think you may be missing the 260 that started it all for me when I was a toddler in the early 1960’s. I really can’t remember what letter it was - don’t remember if the ratings plate said 260C or...

Indeed…it is the 255 hood that seems to have survived - with some slight modifications - over the decades. Maybe I should just call it “The Automatic Hood”!!! 😀

This is great historical information - thanks! I think I will from now on refer to this round topped hood as Eureka’s Walker Hood! You will find the Walker Hood on most Series 200 uprights (except for the later 270) and on all the 1400 Series uprights.

This is so interesting! You know, if someone could post one picture of a Eureka 2080 Cordaway upright (Vanguard) side by side next to a Queen Anne Gold 2083 or 2082 Cordaway upright, you will see how green that 2080 looks. I just remember how all the major appliances for kitchens were being...