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"one awesome turquoise end-table!" Good one, Alex. Lay a glass disk on it and you have a Lazy Susan end table! Having printed and absorbed the article in detail I am struck by a few things... "We planned a heavy schedule of television advertising, because you can grasp the advantages of the...

Sitting Easy on a Roll... This is very exciting and stimulatin', Robert. As you might know I am a HUGE fan of the Roll-Easy (and other unique vacuum designs). I have posted at length about my 3 Roll-Easys; it's all in the archives. This article, that reads like it was transcribed from an...

Simply wonderful. Named the SILOETTE model, those who know will know that this is GE's answer to the 10 years earlier - 1949 - Singer S1 thru 4 upright designed by Raymond Loewy. I am curious if Singer patents had run out, as the GE is mechanically an almost exact duplicate - in updated '60s...

I lucked out getting mine in great condition w original hose. A little tweak under the hose coupler and she works exactly as designed. After much searching and asking around I got the original Garland Green floor tool, too. From Tom Anderson (or was it you Fred?)

At the time this patent was filed in 1938 most upright vacuums, whether the motor was oriented vertical or horizontal, had 3 wheels, the rearmost often taking the form of a swivel caster. This patent addresses carpet height adjustment of the brushroll as Tom points out. A patent is usually for...

Six Wheel Kenmore ...I saw my first one, other than catalog pix, at the Minneapolis Convention. As usual, its sculptural and engineering beauty entranced me. Several months later one appeared on Ebay in Bloomington IN and I jumped on it. The center wheels let the vacuum turn on a dime. It has...

Very nice indeed, Tom Gosh, I have at least one of every machine in these pics. Except the elusive GE 'lowboy' upright. But one day I will find one...to set beside my pair of Singer S1 & S3. Delicious pictures and wondrous Museum. I shall make another visit in a year or two.

I have one too and it is a stunningly designed example of the art of metal bending and casting from the 1940s era - i949 I think. A perfectly decent and useable vacuum cleaner that makes one feel 'mighty modern. And any age cylinder vac with a cloth bag can be fitted with a paper filter bag...

Good for you, Matt! You have yourself an early 2nd generation R1 complete ensemble with the early version 'squarehead' tools and the flip-over floor/rug nozzle. The crevice tool is the second ribbed version GE substituted at the factory as they moved to the new look GE vacuum tools.  ...

This is confusing... This one pictured is a different model than the one currently on eBay in Vintage Vacuums. Where have you listed yours? Can't find it. Post a link, please.   Dave...

Seriously?   There were two concurrent vacuum conventions this week, One in St James Missouri  put on by the Vacuum Collectors Association and the other in Milwaukee Wisconsin organized for the VCCC.   There are already 3 threads with pictures...in this Vintage Forum... with more to...

The Forum to post Vacuum related items Wanted or For Sale... http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-INDEX_DISPLAY.cgi?SMK

It could have been shot in a large mirror but that's a Kirby Kirby never made lefthanded. Give us the link to the video you got the screenshot from so we can view it and decide for ourselves. Lettering/logo on the bag front would be a giveway of ot's shown on camera.   On the same note...

Well, since the door of opportunity has been flung open... Yup, I'd gladly pay $500 (and more)  for an all original Roll Easy in this superb condition. Of course, I'd want to pick it up in person and heck, I already have 3 Roll Easys...but not the highly desirable 2nd version like yours  ...

The Lewyt 120 Big Wheel pulls 68", as do all Big Wheels. But the most surprising vacuum I ever tested is this early 1950s Kingston cylinder at 76". The camera angle shows about 74 but I assure you it's 76. All my Vac-U-Tronics display the same accuracy on their meters.   Surely higher...

And it's true vintage Canadian Electroluxs pull stronger that their American counterparts of the same era. And they are hushed quiet doing it. An equivalent Model LX,  G or Golden J  pulls 60" on a good day.   Btw, I have never even seen a Baird Airflow Meter, if someone could post a...

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Or, if I may suggest, a Vac-U-Tronic Tester Model 21. This as portable unit made for the trade for bench and offsite testing. The Vacuum Meter section is entirely separate from the Electrical circuits that connect to the vacuum power cord in many ways to measure voltage and amperage, including...

The owner of this amazing time capsule Vacuum Store, Allan County Sweeper Co was Dale Skaggs, who recently passed on. I visited there once with Robert Knox and was staggered by the vintage uprights and canisters handing from the ceiling, crowding the floorspace and shelves in the front...

Peculiar goings-on...   6 days still to go, 30 bids from 4 bidders and yet the top bidder (who has never won an auction on eBay) keeps posting his max bid every few minutes against no discernible competition.A newbie with a chipped shoulder attempting to artificially inflate? Fortunately...