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Even though I already have several Royal 501 Hand Vacs, I always wanted one with the Electro-Hygiene name, especially considering my connections with the brand. I recently found one on ebay, and it arrived today! It's in pretty good shape but needed some cleanup and the nozzle will need...

Those of you who know me know that I try to make the vacuums in my collection as complete as possible. Here are some accessories I picked up last year, but the old format wouldn't let me post the ebay pics. So that's another thing to like about the new format! Ever since Ken Wagman gave me a...

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...

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...

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...

Over the last few years I've added to my collection and last month I finally got around to taking some pictures. Just got them back today (11/31) from being processed and scanned into my computer, so here they are. All have had the initial wipe-down but will get a more in-depth cleaning and...

Got a most interesting and informative phone call last Wednesday evening from none other than the Great-Grandson of Philip A. Geier, the founder of Royal! I'm sure that those of you who attended the North Canton Convention in 2008 remember how awestruck we were when several members of the Hoover...

My collection has grown a little in the past couple days. On Thursday a guy who was working on a roof with my stepdaughter's boyfriend brought over a Kirby Heritage II that someone had set out at the curb. I checked it out and it runs great, but the cord will need replaced due to a short near to...

I had always hoped to get a set of attachments (or as Hoover calls them, Cleaning Tools) for my Hoover 305 but didn't think it would happen, due to their rarity. However, I found this set on ebay and got them for $10.00 plus shipping, and they arrived Tuesday. The original box is in bad shape...

It's always a good feeling when you can find one of the machines on your wish list, and here's one I can scratch off of mine! I've always wanted a model 51 Hoover Aerodyne for my collection, and I found this one on ebay. I bid on it, and turned out to be the only bid, and it's here in Ohio, so...

For quite a while now I have been watching a couple sets of attachments on ebay for Pre-War Electro-Hygiene models 80 and 94. Both sets looked pretty nice, one a little better than the other, and both priced higher than I could afford or felt they were worth. Apparently others shared my opinion...

I've had these both for a while and just now getting around to posting about them. Haven't taken pics of either one yet. First one is a Hoover Decade 80 that was sitting at the curb about 2 blocks away where the people were moving out. I had passed it a couple times, then Lena saw it and brought...

Recently picked up a Wirl-A-Way Insector for my model 66 AirWay Sanitizor. It's in nice shape, and even had crystals in the jar and the original box with it. It will certainly never get used, but it does make my 66 a little more complete. Here's the ebay pic, I haven't taken one myself yet. Jeff

The most recent arrival at my house is the Electro-Hygiene Sales Manual for the model 285. Think it may have been printed in the late 50's or early 60's, as it still has the rubber handle grip instead of vinyl, but also has the disposable bags. When the 285 was introduced in 1955, it originally...

I've had this Good Housekeeper model 2-232 Tank on my ebay watch list for a while now, but when the price dropped to $6.70 I started thinking more seriously, and finally ordered it Saturday. I figured at that price I can afford to take a chance on it, especially knowing that Good Housekeeper...

About 10 years ago my good friend and fellow collector Norm Brown gave me a model 77 AirWay Sanitizor, with a hose, floor brush, instruction book, and a model 66 upholstery nozzle. Thanks again Norm! Been hoping to complete it ever since, and just so happens that I found just what I needed...

I'm a little late posting this, but thanks to Les in Utah, I can finally use my 980 Electro-Hygiene with the attachments! Some of you may remember that I got the 980 along with some other vacuums and some attachments about 8 years ago from a friend and former collector who was downsizing his...

On Jan. 1, my friend and former employer when I sold Electro-Hygiene, passed away. I was glad to be able to visit with his son and daughter at the funeral and the dinner afterward, they both live in Florida now and I hadn't seen them since they were kids. While we were visiting I told them I was...

Is my latest acquisition, a Penncrest model A117, serial #0005232, Deluxe model with cordwinder and headlight! It arrived here on Friday, 9/29 from the estate of a family friend whom we adopted as part of our family. She was a welcome guest in our home many times over the years for Christmas...

You may remember last year when I posted that someone brought a Westinghouse hand vac to me at work, or this January when I posted about my first trash find, a Hoover 305. Well, I finally got around to scanning the pics, so here they are. First, the Westinghouse model H-10 hand vac. Runs great...