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Yes, I've seen both multiple floor factories and single floor factories. Last factory I worked in was Stoneridge, a company that made sensors and switches for the automotive industry. They had 2 floors through most of the plant but up to 3 or 4 levels in some areas. It was built on a hill, and...

Thank you, Ray! Sounds easier than what I had thought. Didn't know they have a website, I'll have to check it out before I proceed. Since I'll be dying the bags black, I'm assuming that they have black dye and I won't have to mix colors, but that kind of brings back memories. I worked in the...

Welcome aboard Doug!

You're welcome, glad to help! Yes, White Consolidated bought Westinghouse in 1975 and Frigidaire in 1979. AB Electrolux bought Tappan around 1981 if I remember right, then bought White Consolidated in 1986, which gave them both Westinghouse and Frigidaire. You might also find it interesting that...

Looks great Ray! The lilac bag really makes it pop! And since you've recently dyed a bag, maybe you can help me out. I have never dyed a bag before, but I have a couple generic grey Royal bags that I would like to dye black and have the logo imprinted on them to complete the restoration of a...

Hope you don't mind if I make a few corrections about Westinghouse. Their plant in Mansfield, OH, where I grew up, was opened in 1918, and eventually became the headquarters of their Appliance Division. For many years ranges, refrigerators, washers, dryers, water heaters, and small appliances...

Yes, I seen it's back up today! Thank you! Jeff

Well, you've come to the right place! If you post a thread in the Supermarket Forum here with the parts you are looking for, someone might have what you need. Also, you might want to contact Jimmy Martin, who is rugsucker here in Vacuumland. He's cleaning out a vac shop and to my knowledge still...

Interesting poll but would need a few more choices to reflect me. For example, the education choices. Although I checked the high school box, I actually DID go to college, double majored, and have Associate Degrees, Magna Cum Laude, in both Accounting and Business Administration. Also, in the...

Hey Alan, what happened to the Picture of the Day? It was missing when the new Vacuumland page first went up, then due to popular demand you brought it back, but now I see it's gone again. It was always the first thing I looked at, even before checking out the forums. What happened? Also, there...

Welcome aboard! Sounds like you have a good start on your collection with some good variety. You shouldn't have any problem finding more, as vacuum cleaners are known to multiply like rabbits! And after you've been collecting for a while, you don't even have to look for they anymore--they find...

They have them down here, but moth balls and moth crystals are entirely different, each having different ingredients and shapes. The active ingredient in moth balls is camphor, and they are of course ball shaped. The active ingredient in moth crystals is paradichlorobenzene that is ground into...

You probably could, if you don't mind the smell of paradichlorobenzene crystals and if you can still find them! This version was available with the model 200 and early 350 Filter Queens and connected to the exhaust on top. Later 350s and subsequent models had a different version called the Jet...

Wow! You must have gotten to work on it right away when you got home from the mini meet, it looks absolutely beautiful! It is definitely a pre-war model and probably one of Royal's first revolving brush uprights. When I first saw it, I thought it was a regular straight suction machine with what...

Welcome aboard! If you're into vacuum cleaners you've come to the right place! Please tell us about yourself and your collection when you have time. Jeff

I have an earlier Electrolux Save-N-Pay Bank that looks like a turquoise model G. The locking mechanism on it is designed to only allow opening when it is either empty or completely full, by depressing the "switch." I'm assuming yours would operate the same way. Jeff

Your restoration is looking good so far! Glad to see you found a workable solution for the brushes. The black & white cord you used for motor to handle looks like what they used to put on irons and toasters years ago. The bag is a replacement--but it's a Genuine Hoover replacement from the late...

If it's a Health-Mor Sanitation System that you have, that would be even newer. Health-Mor started out as a distributor for the Scott & Fetzer Sanitation System (forerunner of Kirby) and did so until 1930, when they had a dispute with Scott & Fetzer over putting their own name on the machines...

Glad to see you back on here again, it's been a while! Nice find on the 725, good luck with the restoration. I have one too, with the optional add-on headlight, which became standard equipment with the 750. I have added the guard on the headlight since this pic was taken. Jeff

Looking forward to the pics! Will you be parting with anything for older Hoovers? Might be some things I need, but need to see what you're going to be parting with. Jeff