As a kid, I remember seeing a 110-volt Hoover cylinder sold in Canada just like the one picture in the brochure! It must have been in the early 1970's. It might even have been a vac imported from the UK especially for sale over here.
What was cool about it was that it was sold with a really neat tool carrier made out of metal wire - kind of like a metal cage with spaces to store everything inluding the hose and wands. My memory may be foggy, but I think that the holder even had a place to store the vac unit itself. The tool carrier could be mounted on a wall, or could sit on the floor by itself.
Thanks for sparking my memory!