2015 VCCC Convention and Vacuum Musuem PART 2

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after john's collection, i headed back to alex's house to relax with him and stephen neal as the collectors went off and did theier own things for a while. alex has AMAZING taste in mid century decor.

 

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penney's and wards catalogs!

 

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alex's all original model 65 with one piece handle

 

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fantastic dining room lighting!

 

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alex's 2nd living room. i WANT a living room almost exactly like this!

 

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more great vintage lighting

 

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alex's "canister room" sears best, lady kenmore, hoover portable, portpower, swingette, spirit!

 

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eurekas and lewyt

 

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a whole shelf of hoover celebrities!

 

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alex's pristine hoover 69 and U4085 bicent

 

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stephen vacuums up from the mini meet earlier. lots of people means a good HOOVER cleans up the job!

 

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i took a brief break before going downstairs to look at some sears catalog porn. this is from 1982

 

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the stuff that DIDNT sell at alex's in the basement... like john long, things we dont speak of end up in the .....basement.

 

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alex's MASSIVE convertible collection

 

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2nd part

 

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EVEN MORE!

 

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antique hoovers

 

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MORE convertibles, concepts

 

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Beautiful Hoovers!

 

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eureka uprights and stick vacs

 

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after alex's brauns, we headed back to the convention hall at the hotel for vacuum cleaning contests, the first one was uprights

 

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canisters with powerhead contest. thanks to luke gebhart fot taking photos while i participated in this one!

 

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commercial uprights

 

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john long was holding onto rick's commercial convertible like it was his first (or last?!) born child!

 

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straight suction canister contest

 

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uprights with separaete powered brushrolls

 

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antique uprights

 

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2nd canister contest

 

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uh oh, the GLOVE comes out! john long in good spirits gets out the glove for come fun photos. first with my new to me compact c9 from tom gasko