Air - Way Attachments

[classicfan1]

Hi there, its me again. I found this very old vacuum cleaner attachment at my step-dad's house. Yes, we are still slowly going at it. If it was only me, I'd have a majority of the junk at the curb in a day. I digress. Anyway, this was found in an old filing cabinet (WHY?!) and he says it goes to his grandma's vacuum cleaner that the Filter Queen salesman hauled away in the 1960s. From his description of the vacuum, it sounds like it might have been a 1950s Air-Way. Anyway to tell? Whatever this is from, its quite old.

 

[classicfan1]

Additional pic

A pic of the narrow end:

 

[classicfan1]

The only real damage

Is this small crack (bottom):

 

[classicfan1]

?

Anybody know?

 

[kenkart]

Definately NOT!

A 50s AirWay, which would have been a 66 or 77, The 66 crevice tool was burgandy plastic, the 77 was green.

 

[brandon_w_t]

Looks like an attachment for the early airway stick upright vacuum.

 

[kenkart]

Yes ..BUT!

As far as I know the early AirWay crevice tool was cut off straight not at an angle,because it had a weird brush that slid over the end.

 

[briankirbyclass]

Im guessing a 40s to early 50s Hamilton Beach tank that was on wheels with legs.
An elderly aunt of mine(long ago passed away) had one that originally belonged to her Mother in Law.
My Aunt used it to clean her car out with, so it was a garage vac by the late 1960s. The vac, its wands and all the attachments, were all black, and kept in a hassock storage chest.
I swear it had this same crevice tool.

 

[classicfan1]

The way he described it...

He drew me a picture of the vacuum best he could as he was going by memory. What he drew was this tank thing with wires on it and I just assumed it was an Air-Way because of a vintage ad on this site. The Hamilton Beach vacuum does sound very similar!