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  1. hygiene903

    Another One Off the Wish List!

    Thank You! Thank you, Barry, Les, and Guy for your compliments! It was indeed a thrill to be able to cross 2 machines off my wish list in 3 months' time--the Custom King (Silver King) in July, and now the 210A Electro-Hygiene tank! As for more pictures, I am hoping to eventually start taking...
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    Odd little bugger....

    Here's Mine Westinghouse H-10 Hand Vac. Quite similar to yours except that the housing is shaped differently and it has a different belt cover plate. Think mine might be a bit newer than yours but I'm not sure. Although the bag on mine is beige with red printing, I have also seen them with...
  3. hygiene903

    Another One Off the Wish List!

    For the second time in 3 months I have been able to cross a vacuum off my wish list! This time it's an Electro-Hygiene tank, model 210A. This one was on my list because the 210, 210A, and 2-210 were (to my knowledge) the only Electro-Hygiene tank models made before WWII. Tom Stepien had offered...
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    1987 Stark Deluxe 5000NA (Royal 889)

    Royal/Electro-Hygiene Attachments Yes, the attachment set for your Stark would have been gray, but I'm thinking dark gray, as that's the color of the set we got with my wife's 886 Royal which we bought brand new on 2/7/1994. The Royal was $349.95, and the attachment set # 305 was $59.95, and by...
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    1920's Imperial Upright vacuum Private Label Regina?

    Liam, Apparently you got it, because your response was pretty much the same thing that I was trying to tell you. That's good! I just wasn't sure if you understood that when I saw your earlier post asking about worth, value, and price. Glad we're on the same page there! Jeff
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    1920's Imperial Upright vacuum Private Label Regina?

    Hoover 300 This is the first time I've ever seen the Regina model M that you have pictured, but I have to admit that it DOES look quite a bit like Liam's Imperial. The only Regina upright models I had seen before were the "duckbill platypus" design like mine, or the Brush-N-Beat models they put...
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    1920's Imperial Upright vacuum Private Label Regina?

    Nice Find Liam! Saw the video and you have a nice collection! Your Imperial looks and sounds good! However, I don't think your Imperial was private labeled by Regina, as I have 2 of them in my collection (a model 39 and a model 59) and it really doesn't resemble either one of them. It is...
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    A Silver King By Any Other Name

    Amazing! So they actually did build an upright! I'm assuming they didn't make them very long, as I've never seen one in person and have only once seen a picture of one. My Custom King has the flo-thru motor and what I'm assuming to be their "standard" size pan, or at least, the size I'm most...
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    A Silver King By Any Other Name

    Thank You Thank you, Paul, Les, and Tom, for your replies. Paul, I had forgotten about uspto.gov, and after seeing your post I went to the sight and looked up Silver King and Silver Knight as well. Found out the Silver King name was first used on 9/22/1947, and the company name was originally...
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    A Silver King By Any Other Name

    Is still a Silver King! It's always great when you can cross a machine off of your want list, and my good friend Ken Wagman recently helped me to cross one off of mine! He gave me a Custom King model AE, which is essentially a Silver King with a slightly different name. It included all the...
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    Your thoughts

    My Other Collections I worked in the Printing Industry for the biggest part of my career, and it was a trade that I enjoyed so much that I pursued it as a hobby as well as a vocation. I printed a lot of gag cards over the years as well as some work for other people including cards, letterheads...
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    What vacuums do/did your parents or grandparents use?

    Parents And Grandparents' Vacuum Cleaners When I was a kid, my parents had a model XXX Electrolux for their main vacuum, and a Kenmore model 116.730 for the basement and cleaning out cars. When I was selling Electro-Hygiene during my senior year in high school, I traded them both in for a model...
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    When the Electrolux man services more than the vacuum cleaner

    Love American Style Used to watch that show all the time but somehow don't remember this episode. Thanks for sharing it! Jeff
  14. hygiene903

    Attacha-Kit

    My model 66 Air-Way Sanitizor is now complete with the addition of an Attacha-Kit which I recently purchased on ebay. It's taken a while to get everything I needed for my 66, beginning with the hose, wands, floor brush, and polisher pad that came with it, then adding a rug nozzle, Whirl-a-Way...
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    For sale! Tools and a hose for a Hoover model 475

    You are actually missing two wands, one straight, one curved, the floor brush, and the blowing connector for the hose. A better picture would be appreciated, showing both ends of the hose and with the tools spread out so we can get a better look at them. Jeff
  16. hygiene903

    FRANKLIN SUPREME

    Nice Find Charles! I've never seen or heard of them either, but my first thought when I saw the pics was that it looked like what you would get if you crossed a Kenmore "Torpedo Tank" with an Air-Way, and the clamps on the front cover and the handle look like Birtman parts, but when you said...
  17. hygiene903

    Letting go, letting go, letting go...

    So Sad Charles, I'm so sorry to hear about Arlee's passing. Sending my deepest condolences to you and hoping you will find comfort in the memories of good times you had together. May he rest in peace. Hoping the collectors in your area will come and get the vacuums and parts you are offering. I...
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    1950s Hoover Color Names

    Paul, I'm not sure about that. I do have a list showing the 1002 as being built from 1953-1955, which would put it in the right era for the blue & grey models, and instead of showing a range of serial numbers, it says "assigned by Perivale." Oddly, the 1001 isn't on the list at all, but also...
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    1950s Hoover Color Names

    Hey Paul, Enjoyed your listing of the color schemes of Hoover's lineup for 1950-57. Don't have any corrections, but I do have an addition for you. The Hoover Pixie model 1001, which was part of the blue & grey lineup with the 63 upright and 82 Constellation. I have one, as well as the 29, 62...
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    CB variant of the Elux Bronze Model G

    Congratulations Keith! What an amazing and rare find! Looks like it's complete too, other than the power nozzle you're looking for. Hope you find one soon! I've never seen that version of the CB either, and actually have never seen a CB in person, only pics of them that have been posted here...
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