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It is with great sadness for me to let everyone know that Fred Nelson passed away yesterday at the very young age of 71. Fred had lived in St. Charles, IL and about 8 years ago retired and moved to Palm Springs, CA. Fred was the original webmaster of Vacuumland when we launched in 2007 and was...

A big thank you goes out to Bill Wood who was kind enough to lend me two vacuum cleaner owner's manuals. They are scanned and live on Automatic Ephemera now if anyone would like a copy. #1 Eureka Eureka 2300 Series Upright Vacuum Cleaner Owners Guide (from about 1977). #2 Kenmore Ken-Kart...

Hi everyone, I was recently given a comprehensive parts catalog for Hoover to add to the Ephemera Library. I'm guessing this catalog is from sometime in the late 80's by the design style and font, but maybe you guys might be able to give me a more accurate date by looking at the model numbers...

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When I was a kid I was always excited when the large format Sears Sale Circulars arrived in the mail. These were usually big and colorful (12.5" x 11") and showed lots of pictures of washers, dryers, dishwashers, vacuums and other appliances. I just scanned my entire collection. About 20...

Continuing Dan's thread into part 9... Part 1 is here Part 2 is here Part 3 is here Part 4 is here Part 5 is here Part 6 is here Part 7 is here Part 8 is here

This is a continution of the great KIRBY AVALIR thread! Part 1 is here... http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?27097

Continuing Dan's great thread into part 9!... Part 1 is here Part 2 is here Part 3 is here Part 4 is here Part 5 is here Part 6 is here Part 7 is here I think you have the record Dan for Vacuumland's longest thread, congratulations!

Here is a continuation of Dan's great thread into part 7, Part 6 is located here

Here is another year of vacuum cleaner reviews from the mid-century... http://www.productstat.com/reviews/vacuum-cleaners-57

Here is one of the earliest review of Vacuum Cleaners that I've sound so far...

Today in Product Stat... When I first found this article I had no idea that GE made a floor scrubber as an attachment to a vacuum cleaner and not a stand alone machine...

While the associated text is sort of ho-hum (except for those who like industrial talk), the newly found rare pictures of the factory stamping out Constellations are super cool...

Others may seen this, but we've never seen this before... http://www.productstat.com/educational/how-an-automatic-vacuum-cleaner-with-a-motor-driven-brush-works

Actually this was the vacuum cleaner that my parents had when I was born, they kept it through until the early 70's when my parents bought a Kenmore... http://www.productstat.com/engineering/eureka-princess-vacuum-cleaner

Today's post on Product Stat give the entire 4000 word report rating vacuum cleaners of all kinds in 1962, makes for a very fun read! http://www.productstat.com/reviews/vacuum-cleaners-62

This weeks Floor Care post on Product Stat reviews 22 different kinds of Floor Polishers/Rug Shampooers in 1961. I know at least one person had asked for this a few weeks ago, so here we go... http://www.productstat.com/reviews/floor-polishers

Continuing this great thread into part 6... Part 1 is here Part 2 is here Part 3 is here Part 4 is here Part 5 is here

It's Vacuum Cleaner day at Product Stat again, today's blog post highlights the introduction of the Hoover Portable... http://www.productstat.com/engineering/hoovers-new-portable-vacuum-cleaner

Under most circumstances I will try not to highlight the same brand two weeks in a row with my blog posts, but we just uncovered this wonderful article and wanted to share it right away. The prototype pictures are simply amazing! Please feel free to post this article on Facebook, etc. or share...