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Rest in peace, Roger. You and Charles are together again.

WOW. What are the chances that a 72 year old vacuum survived all these years and never even got unpacked?!

A very pretty machine. It's great that you have the attachments.

Mine Model 2073 A

Wow, Eurekaprince, good catch. I didn't notice the omissions in the pictures. I personally never cared for the Vibra-Beat attachment. It always seemed gimmicky and noisy. In '72, I bought a new Model 1260 Power Team. I liked the cord reel and electrified hose, though you had to string the leader...

And, Model 1680:

Model 1660 Here's the 1660:

Here are scans of 3 Eureka Sweet Sixteen canister spec sheets, for Models 1640, 1660 and 1680 (front and back). First up: Model 1640 (dig the 70s costume get-ups):

Wow, thanks Jeff and Bikerray. That's great information. Especially, the part about being able to choose a refrigerator, vacuum cleaner or sewing machine. I wonder if the refrigerator and sewing machine were badged "Packard"?

Would this be the one, John? I remember how beautiful it was, and is.

You do such beautiful work, Jim. And, the pictures of you with the 561 are great! Those overalls are a little big for you!

Thanks, Ben!

I have a friend who has a Royal straight suction upright, Model 1948. It has the usual black/red bag design and belt port at the front. Does anyone have any idea what years this vacuum might have been made? Sorry, no picture. I'm guessing sometime in the 20s or 30s. Would anyone know? Thanks in...

The Ideal... This one, undated, is probably from Spring 1910. It indicates that the electric version price will be increased by $5.00 "after June first next".

The Ideal... Here's a 3rd one, from Century Magazine, June 1909

The Ideal... This second ad is from Scribner's Magazine, 1909

The Ideal... I have some ads for The Ideal, made by The American Vacuum Cleaner Co., on West 33rd St. in New York City. This first one is from Good Housekeeping, published in June of 1908. As you can see, there was also an electric version of The Ideal as well.

Hoover300: They do say in this brochure that the 12 has a 12" wide nozzle. But you're right, the 5 doesn't look small enough to be a 5" nozzle. It could just be a marketing ploy for the later 12, if it was made after the 5. I noticed also that it says that 300,000 American women are satisfied...

Back page, showing attachments., and the West Coast distributor locations of Pacific States Electric Co.. Note the small comapny info of Hurley Machine Company.

Some inner page(s). Sorry about splitting them - my scanner is not wide enough to scan the pages fully opened.