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    Hoover Canister Question

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">P.S.: Here's your Celebrity's two bigger and meaner sisters. </span>   <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;"></span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size...
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    Hoover Canister Question

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">There was just a Hoover logo on eBay - closed about an hour ago with one bid. Sorry if you missed it.</span>    
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    There was a really nice Electrolux B7 polisher on ebay

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">This was the first version of the B7, done in gray and white to match the Model F. It was introduced sometime in 1958 or 1959, not sure exactly when. It does not appear in an Electrolux instruction booklet (for the...
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    Kirby ID Help

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">That is the original cord, and is as rare as hens' teeth so take good care of it!! You'd not be likely to find another one.</span>   <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Don't wind it...
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    G.E. Electric "Carpet Sweeper"

        <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">I've got mine taken apart to clean it up because I'm thinking about putting it on eBay. It's not really something I have any burning interest in; I just picked it up because it was a curiosity. While I've got it...
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    Vintage Vacuums do work.

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Pretty impressive. I assume by 518 you mean a Kirby. If that's the case, and you're using it as a straight-suction vacuum cleaner on your hardwood floors with the hose, wands and attachments you'll find that vacuuming...
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    G.E. Electric "Carpet Sweeper"

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">I have one of those G.E. electric carpet sweepers shown in today's POD. I've never actually used it but have run it a bit. Seems like a silly thing, really, much like that plastic manual-action carpet shampooer...
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    Bissell Shampoo Master

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">It was primitive even by the standards of those days!</span>   <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">The seller has incorrectly stated the year of manufacture as the 1950s. It's at...
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    Bissell Shampoo Master

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">I'm pretty sure there's something missing from this shampooer.  Seems to me on my grandma's there was a curved sponge in the middle of the nozzle, presumably wrapped around that wooden roller. Otherwise, what point...
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    hospital electroluxes

    Hospital G <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">See link.</span>   <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">There were three versions btw -- two white & turquoise models and one bronze and white.</span>...
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    Bissell Shampoo Master

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">My grandma had one of these except that hers was two-tone turquoise. It was kept in the original box in a corner of the bathroom behind the kitchen. I never saw her use it. When we were there visiting, I'd make every...
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    Ground down to bare metal!

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Look at the last photo of this 1205 -- someone sure wore the tar out of this floor brush! The metal 'frame' for the bristles is there, it's not like it's gone missing or removed -- it looks like it was just used so...
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    Lucy is Envious!

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">LUCY IS ENVIOUS</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Episode #89, Aired March 29, 1954</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Lucy reads in the...
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    Rare Electrolux Hose?

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Oh my goodness. I need smelling salts QUICK.</span>   <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">That is a very rare hose, the first Electrolux electric hose, introduced with the Model G...
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    My Early Electrolux 1205 and PN1 FINALLY COMPLETE!

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">"A thing of beauty is a joy forever." Nice job! The hose does look great. It looks to be the same one that I got for my Grand Marquise and it's a Most Excellent hose!</span>
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    Whaaaaat? Lux question

        <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">The last Model L was gold and was sold with the Golden Jubilee.</span> http://www.1377731.com/lux/luxlall.html
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    "vintage vacuum armaid handheld style instructions RARE"

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">So, er, ah, what is/was "Famous Barr" ??!</span>    
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    "vintage vacuum armaid handheld style instructions RARE"

    <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Well, OF COURSE it's rare. Aren't ALL vintage vacuum cleaners rare?! heheh And this one is a truly rare find since it's a virgin! *GASP* Can it actually be true that there's still a virgin vintage vacuum cleaner on the...
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    Kirby question???

        <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Does the "original" scent of Odorific smell the same as Kirby's older odor-eradicating product, SweetAire? I do love the scent of SweetAire. The Kirby dealer I worked for in Maryland practically wore the stuff as cologne...
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    Popular Science Back Issues OnLine

          <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Actually, the third Electrolux is a Model XXX, then the fourth one is a Model XII. I'm not sure about the first one, but it doesn't look like any of the early Cadillacs or Eurekas I've seen. </span>  
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