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AHAHAHA that's true Garreth ! The 2 COLUMBUS are simply crazy-wonderful !!!! Never saw one ! Were they made in SA ? Are they from the 1920-30's ? Simply beautiful anyway, wish you could post some other pics, with handle and all !

Garret Garrett why don't you try to do right-click on Charlie's link and save it as I did, it's an MP4 format. Anyway - as I think you will notice - they have put 1 % of what they filmed for the show. I also would have like some more focus on certain models, but it seems they wanted to...

Thanks CHARLES ! Thanks for posting that ! And thanks for your comments, I totally agree with you. I was fearing they might make it sound like a "disease" or something similar, so - after watching the episode - I started breathing again ! But they were serious enough not to do that, as they...

Hi WALTER ! Thanks Walter, the SPALESINA vacuum-brush was produced in ivory-white or blue colour, both with red finishings. But they were quite common in europe in the 1950's and many small appliance factory had their own ( similar ) models such as CGE ( the LIZ brush ), ADLER, ELCHIM, etc ...

yes yes, smaller wheels often tend to block and make the machine flip on the side every time you pull the hose...that's true !

YES I am quite curious to see what has come out of that show...if you find the link - Charlie - I really hope it will work for me too, as some links are blocked for being viewed in the European area, don't ask me why ! cheers, guido

here is the SPALESINA 2 VACUUM-BRUSH here is the SPALESINA 2 VACUUM-BRUSH

Oh yes ! Yes, that's it ! And in very good conditions too ! LESA had a distribution in the USA too called "LESA OF AMERICA", based in New York city. This little marvel was created by MARIO BIANCARDI - a project manager at LESA - in far 1957. A copy of it is displayed in the TRIENNALE DESIGN...

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Someone has ever seen or knows something about this nice little cleaner from UK ?

MADE IN ITALY and here is a SAN GIORGIO vacuum cleaner from 1955. I have it in red, but missing most attachments. Curiously enogh, the wheels were made by GIORDANI, the greatest italian manufacturer of baby-buggies at the time ( probably still today ), the writing is quite clear on the white...

MADE IN ITALY It was as simple as powerful and could vacuum dirt and water, also together. Here is another image :

MADE IN ITALY This is a fascinating oddity from the 80's - also an italian icon, with its serious and "military" look - which had a giant success in its days ! It was produced by defunct ALFATEC firm, which closed its doors in the first 90's, few months after the founders sudden death. This was...

MADE IN ITALY and some other REM polishers from the 1950's : these are really "beasts" !

MADE IN ITALY This is my very favourite - and hard to find - italian machine : the LESALU'/1 floor polisher made by LESA in 1959 :

MADE IN ITALY Despite the name, this cleaner was also made in italy. The handle is empty plastic and is used for bringing the dust to the top of the bag ! Very light and powerful !

MADE IN ITALY and here is its smaller brother called REMINO :

MADE IN ITALY The SUPER REM cleaner in its deluxe edition ( the exterior is covered with celluloid foil imitating wood finish ). Middle 1950's

MADE IN ITALY The smallest of them all ! A hand vacuum by LESA - called SPALESINA - in its 2 versions : the blue one had a special attachment for car use ( lighter-plug and 12 volts motor, today extremely rare with this colour scheme ) while the white one was for regular home use at 220 volts...

MADE IN ITALY This is a nice and rare General Electric produced in MILANO in 1952 by the GE italian division CGE ( Compagnia Generale di Elettricità Milano ) :