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We can only hope! And the sooner his tariffs are ended, the better! Jeff

I have one of those! Belonged to my Aunt, and I got it when she and my Uncle moved into assisted living. Jeff

Wow, interesting! Makes me wonder if there was ever a similar judgement against the Electro-Hygiene Company for their "Sanitizing Crystalline Preparation," which was 99.6% Paradichlorobenzene and 0.4% Formaldehyde. These were the deodorizing crystals that supposedly "killed the germs in the air...

Congratulations on a nice find, and you can't beat the price either! Beautiful machine! Jeff

I've never seen one of those before, but yes, it does look identical to a Cadillac. And Clements did indeed make vacuums for other companies, as did Apex, Bertman, Royal, and several others. Jeff

If I remember right, Bissell also made one that looked similar to the GE. Jeff

Yes it was tough. Didn't land a job until about a month after my unemployment ran out, and it turned out to be the worst job I've ever had in my life! It was a temp position at a Japanese-owned company called Cardington Yutaka Technologies, that made catalytic converters, torque converters, and...

I have both of the Air-Way models pictured, the 66 and the 55A. But I've never seen those ads before. Thank you Tom, for sharing them! Jeff

Thank you, Paul, Cheesewonton, and Eliot, for the compliments! It definitely has been an interesting life. Wonderful or terrific might be pushing it a bit, as it has definitely had its ups & downs. For example, when I worked at Westinghouse, I hired in during my first layoff from Galion Iron...

Congratulations on a nice find! Always great when you can check something off of the wish list! Jeff

Thanks again for the compliments, Paul! Actually, I took up Printing as a hobby before it became a career. I had been laid off from the first Printing company I had worked at, and was working at Galion Iron Works, a company that built road graders, cranes, and rollers at the time I started the...

Thank you Paul, for the kind compliments! The family that owns the museum (daughter & sons of the man who owned and published the newspaper there for 35 years) have often expressed their appreciation for what I do there. For me, it's a labor of love and I enjoy what I do there. Printing was not...

Actually, I guess I AM a docent, although I never thought of there being a title for what I do, other than volunteer. I have been volunteering at the Main Street Free Press Museum in Fredericktown, Ohio for 25 years now. This is the building and equipment that used to be the Knox County Citizen...

Wow! The first car you ever drove was just a year newer than the car that brought me home from the hospital when I was born, a 1953 Ford Customline! It was a light brown 2-door with flathead V8 and Fordomatic, and the only car my parents ever bought brand new. Even though the 54's had already...

The truck the Omar breadman drove was similar to the milkman's truck, except without refrigeration. Think the brand of the truck was Todco, or something like that. If I remember right, it was yellow & white with Omar in big red letters. He had a 2-tiered rack that he brought in the house with...

I think you may be a little older than me but not by much, as I have many of the same memories. Vent wing windows, 3 on the tree, and the floor mounted dimmer switch are a couple things I actually miss! My first car was a 60 Ford Falcon with 6 cylinder, 3 on the tree, and hand choke. Parking...

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If I remember right, the 900, 925, and 930 were Hoover's first commercial or heavy-duty models. Going by the years of production, I think the 900 and 925 would have a similar appearance to the models 750, 800, and 825, and the 930 would have looked similar to the 150. Hopefully one of our Hoover...

The big wheel Westinghouse canister was their top-of-the-line model in the late 50's and early 60's, and yes, they did also make them for Montgomery Ward. I've seen both over the years in both color schemes, and it is one of the few machines still on my wish list. Huskyvacs is tight, you should...

My interest in vacuum cleaners started when I was a kid. Beginning at home, my parents had a Lux XXX that Mom used for regular cleaning, and a Kenmore torpedo tank for the basement and cleaning the cars. These were the first vacs I ever ran! By the time I was 4 or 5, I knew what vacs my aunts &...