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Hoover Lark 12 After seeing the pictures of your recent finds, I'll have to get my Model 12 Lark out of the mini-storage unit, where it's resting, and run it. As I mentioned in a telephone conversation, the first new vacuum cleaner I bought after graduating from high school in Fort Worth was a...

Bob Kautzman may know Tom, Collector Bob Kautzman, who is a retired music teacher, may know about this. He has over 1,000 vacuum cleaners in a heated stone barn near Allentown, PA. I'll send him an e-mail and ask him. If you wish to contact him, his e-mail is [email protected]. Jim Kirby

Thanks for info. on beater bar Tom, thanks for the information about the bar Hoover introduced on 700 and 543 and improvements made over the years. I believe many of us had misconceptions about this. Jim K.

Hoovers 1060 and 719 The vacuum I use to lean the downstairs of my condo is a Hoover 1060. Jeff Parker, I remember when I got it a year or two ago at a yard sale, that you pointed out it was a very good vacuum. Also have a Hoover 719. I brought it to work so that one of the persons who cleans...

I believe the Eureka canister, pictured as the Vacuum of the Day, was called the canned ham Eureka. I got one a year or two ago in a second hand store; and Mike W., moderator of whatsthebest_vacuum.com, pointed that out to me when I posted about it on that forum. Jim K.

Received reply by private e-mail I'm grateful for the answer to this question that I received by private e-mail.

I haven't heard from or about one of our recent past presidents and newsletter editors, Richard Klein of Maryland. Richard is the moderator and webmaster of vintagevacuumdustcollectors on Yahoo. He uses the name spiderman. In checking the latest VCCC membership list, I don't see him listed as a...

Charlie, will you be in Omaha in Sept.? Charlie Lester, Do you think you'll be able to attend VCCC convention in Omaha in Sept.? I live only about 4 hours from Omaha; so I should be able to attend. This afternoon I'm going to run one of my Hoover 700's--perhaps also a 543. Jim Kirby

Got 700 when first started collecting One of the first vacuum cleaners I got when I first started collecting vintage vacuum cleaners in 1997 was a Hoover Model 700. The first vacuum cleaner I got when I started collecting was a Model 61 Hoover. From about 1949 to 1951, may family and I lived...

Feeney hand pump antique vacuum Hand pump vacuums like the Feeney that you have often turn up in antique shops. Although I don't have a Feeney, I have several similar ones, including a Golden Rod that I got in 1975 in an antique shop in Madison, KS. Most of these seem to sell for $40.00 to...

Hello, Pat Pat, A few years ago, I believe I exchanged a few messages with you on the old Vacuum Cleaner Forum. Greetings. I hope all is well with you. I am now semi-retired but still collecting vintage vacuums. Have about 300. Jim Kirby, Kansas

Have D272 in Emporia, KS Have two D272's in my vintage vac collection. One looks good and runs well and has an outer bag that houses a disposable paper bag inside. The other has part of the handle missing, and I haven't had the courage to plug it in and see if it runs. A carpet layer friend...

Do Have a Model 12 Bruce, I do have a Model 12 like the one I purchased in the 1950's. Did have all the attachments with the new one from 1955. About 1967 or 1968 I traded the Lark for a Hoover Convertible, probably a 68 or 69. Got attachments with it. Several years ago I bought a Lark in a...

Lark Model 12 Bruce, Jeff, and Tom, The first new Hoover I purchased was a Hoover Model 12 Lark. The purchase was in the fall of 1955, the year I graduated from high school in Fort Worth. Jim K.