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    I have a Model F with the power nozzle. Its motor housing is gray, matching the gray color of the motor housing of the Model F, and the handle is off-white.   The vacuum cleaner came to me from a daughter whose mother had owned it and had it, if I recall correctly, in a summer home...

    "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."

    Here are some more photos of the "Sanit-Aire" that went to John Lucia. It came from a Little Old Lady at a church where I was formerly the organist. She was in her 90s and had gotten it new as a wedding present in the 1940s. She was still using it until very recently until she got...

"We admitted we were powerless over vacuum cleaners and our lives had become unmanageable." This is the first step in recovery.

A friend's mom had a two-tone blue Dial-A-Matic when I was just out of high school. I never saw her use it.

John, do you remember the beautiful Model E you found some years ago and sent to me?! It has an unusual hose -- cloth gray weaving and vinyl blue weaving. I've never seen another one like it. It also came with a later rug washer attachment for which the nice housewife had written out measuring...

I recently saw an Electrolux Model E on eBay. Many of you know this Electrolux is my absolute favorite of all of them. My love for it has little to do with performance; it's mainly a matter of nostalgia. I could tell from the photos it was in excellent condition, with the original attachments...

Stan Kann had one of these. He used to say it was little wonder that it actually picked anything up!

I posted a reply to this yesterday. It seems to have gotten sucked up by the Vacuumland vacuum cleaner. Trying again. See link below. http://1377731.com/modern/

Good news, Liam! I'm looking forward to photos & videos! :) Here are some photos of a Model C and Model 505 that I used to have but sold a few years ago.

I use all but the oldest or most useless ones.

What a great haul! The Kirby gift box is, to me, the most prized item. I've never seen one of these before.

If you want it, get it. If you don't want it, don't get it.

Uh-oh.......

1949, the same year as the air-powered floor polisher, the "Garment-aire" garment storage bag, and an automatic cord winder.

The thread that keeps on giving.......

VIDEOS Third floor... https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiZ5LrmlN_8AhUxkmoFHW86A0UQFnoECAQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D8zoMH1qB_7Y&usg=AOvVaw2oL1OxhfS7GfaGf8DjH04j

VIDEOS Second floor... https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiZ5LrmlN_8AhUxkmoFHW86A0UQFnoECAYQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DCOYvUllXFwI&usg=AOvVaw29yc4dmfJRIXzdozM6DE97

VIDEOS I found these videos on-line. Note: The camera operator is very erratic, swinging the camera from one side to the other. What I did to avoid seasickness was to download the videos and watched them in a viewer where I could slow them down.

Handel.