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Hi Guy. Nice find.   That is one of the 3 debut models of the 'swivel-top' Constellation, which came out at the same time, manufactured from 1954 to 1957, when the hose connection was moved to the side on the Gold-painted 1958 Model 86. Yours is the TOL Model 85 in Heather Rose because it...

Welcome to the new 'improved' economics of the 'Thrift' store. Must be driven by those CEO salaries; certainly staff are paid no more than minimum wages. Prices have been creeping up all around my area. It got so bad the the local ReStore, under new 'management', people stopped shopping there...

Crushed newspaper wadding is inadequate packing material for heavy vacuums. I hope you have the vacuum body and disassembled handle parts double bubble-wrapped and padded under that wadded newspaper - Newspaper compresses and lets things rattle around each other loose in the box during the...

VIKING, the house brand for the T.Eaton Department Stores in Canada.   A fine vacuum based on the Eureka Mobil-aire 'Ham' (and possibly its last iteration...(?) In enviably great shape,nice soothing pale green colour, full suction dial selector and uses the Eureka Vibrabeat nozzle. (my...

Pardon pointing this out but...Free or not, it's in the wrong forum since one assumes it's for all vacuums vintage and contemporary.   Dave

A Rittenhouse Electric Door Chime! Can't make out all the info on the label but it appears to be a full color varnish transfer decal on a enameled metal base plate. Very 1940s/50s info similar as found on vintage electric clock and radio chassis.   Paul, that is a real find! Delightful and...

In later shows - I don't recall what year - Hazel used a Modern Hygiene.   Dave

Thanks for the explanation, Jimmy. I've always wondered just what one would use such an odd (and beautifully unique) 'vase' for. Makes sense now it's for loose household change and car keys... But to prevent chipping I still intend to stuff it with artificial clover since the clover from my...

The promo vase says 'You're Rolling In Clover".   So I stuffed it with cloverleafs and flowers. I've been forever looking for a plastic bunch of artificial clover at the craft shops but so far, no luck.

Turquoise Dream. Three Roll-Easys with borth versions of tools, a ceramic Roll-Easy promotional vase and Turquoise running shoes.   Dave

And this the the Center's demonstration Model O.

This is the protected original Model O at the Hoover Historical Center

Where did they find such an immaculate Model O? Besides Kyle's O in South Michigan There are 3 more that I know of and have seen.   The TTI Hoover/DirtDevil head office in the suburbs of Akron OH has an immaculate one in a raised glass case in their central private display. It looks to have...

As much as I would like the photo to be authentic - and certainly the Model O is - I have to say the whole photo has been staged. The pedestrian background prop furniture and accessories are just too perfectly placed the wallpaper is a horror clashing with the carpet. The blouse & skirt (an...

I've gotten used to it. It only happens with YouTube but you can edit out the extra http on the proof before posting page. Update a second time and test the link before posting.   Dave

Oreck Corporation In 1963 David Oreck started the Oreck Corporation to sell vacuum cleaners by mail.[1] Here is the story as told on Oreck's website, Oreck.com: On a cold snowy day in Chicago, carrying the vacuum cleaner under his arm a la Willy Loman, the call came. In New Orleans, the...

Way out of line, Mr Lee. Dave

Language! So Marshall...this is the best use of resurrecting an old thread with your 45 day free access you came up with? Btw, Fred Webmaster, Why does 'ilikeoddvacuums' and some other recent re-joinees not show a post count? It's only a handful but makes me think of multiple and cloned...

I checked out these pod coffee makers last year and rejected both the Keurig and the Tassimo systems. Besides being larger than a simple Bunn Brewer my engineer's mind spotted the potential flaws of the pod cup mechanism that uses too many plastic parallel hinges and levers. Biggest pain and...

Not at all, Sam. I'm practically blushing... This is a great feature or the new site modifications and I'm pleased that several folks have already bumped older threads that illuminate the truly vintage machine discussions that were - and are again - an informational hallmark of Vacuumland over...