royalsuper
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crazy price for Health-Mor UPRIGHT Vacuum Cleaner !!
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dysonman1
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Wow
$1800 and it has the wrong bag. And Health-Mor never made it. They bought it from Royal starting in 1930. Before that, the Health-Mor was actually a Scott and Fetzer Sanitation System from 1928 - 1930.
This is what the bag should look like on an original Health-Mor.
At these prices I'm going to start selling my collection.
$1800 and it has the wrong bag. And Health-Mor never made it. They bought it from Royal starting in 1930. Before that, the Health-Mor was actually a Scott and Fetzer Sanitation System from 1928 - 1930.
This is what the bag should look like on an original Health-Mor.
At these prices I'm going to start selling my collection.
dysonman1
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These were really sold to almost everyone in Chicago, Wisconsin, etc. as the home office was located in Chicago at the same time Al Capone was running things. You still see them in those areas.
hygiene903
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Overpriced Health-Mor
I agree with Tom, if I could get that much out of my machines, I'd be putting them up for sale too! By the way Tom, your Health-Mor is absolutely beautiful and complete, especially with both of the original bags! I have one too, but no attachments and mine has a generic replacement bag that the previous owner went to the trouble and expense of having the logo embroidered on it. Here it is!
Jeff
I agree with Tom, if I could get that much out of my machines, I'd be putting them up for sale too! By the way Tom, your Health-Mor is absolutely beautiful and complete, especially with both of the original bags! I have one too, but no attachments and mine has a generic replacement bag that the previous owner went to the trouble and expense of having the logo embroidered on it. Here it is!
Jeff
dysonman1
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Jeff
I have had the pleasure of running several of your machines in my life, and I also brag about the Apex you so kindly gave me for the Museum. You are a wealth of knowledge about vintage Royal and Electro Hygiene cleaners, as well as many others. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with both myself and this forum for many years.
I have had the pleasure of running several of your machines in my life, and I also brag about the Apex you so kindly gave me for the Museum. You are a wealth of knowledge about vintage Royal and Electro Hygiene cleaners, as well as many others. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with both myself and this forum for many years.
Wait and see
If the seller actually gets it. He’ll probably just take the best offer he gets, but I think he’d do better with a concealed reserve bid. This one is on my list of machines to see in person.
If the seller actually gets it. He’ll probably just take the best offer he gets, but I think he’d do better with a concealed reserve bid. This one is on my list of machines to see in person.
royalsuper
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this vacuum cleaner cannot have been manufactured in 1929 ! ROYAL introduced its new Royal Purifier model to the market in 1929
photo 1 kentucky Electric Shop; exterior,1930
photo 2 the advertisement on the newspaper is dated September 11, 1929
photo 1 kentucky Electric Shop; exterior,1930
photo 2 the advertisement on the newspaper is dated September 11, 1929
dysonman1
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Royal didn't start making Health-Mors until 1930. The two previous years, they were private labeled Scott & Fetzer Sanitation Systems.
The founder and CEO of Health-Mor (Mr. Callahan) was best friends with T. Russ Hill who was the Director of Sales for Air-Way. Mr. Hill learned how to sell the concept of Sanitation. Mr. Callahan didn't want to work for anyone so he looked around for a private label manufacturer. The Health-Mor made by Royal starting in 1930 had a moth crystal dispenser at the hose to machine coupling. The Royal cost the company less than the Scott and Fetzer so they began to sell their private labeled Royal in 1930.
Mr. Hill would go on to be President of Rexair in 1936 (talk about selling sanitation), and Health-Mor was approached by a salesman of ironed cellulose filter paper. In 1939, Health-Mor launched the Filter Queen model 200, made for them by Royal.
The founder and CEO of Health-Mor (Mr. Callahan) was best friends with T. Russ Hill who was the Director of Sales for Air-Way. Mr. Hill learned how to sell the concept of Sanitation. Mr. Callahan didn't want to work for anyone so he looked around for a private label manufacturer. The Health-Mor made by Royal starting in 1930 had a moth crystal dispenser at the hose to machine coupling. The Royal cost the company less than the Scott and Fetzer so they began to sell their private labeled Royal in 1930.
Mr. Hill would go on to be President of Rexair in 1936 (talk about selling sanitation), and Health-Mor was approached by a salesman of ironed cellulose filter paper. In 1939, Health-Mor launched the Filter Queen model 200, made for them by Royal.
royalsuper
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Thank you Tom for this very interesting history lesson 
huskyvacs
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Wow, $1,800 huh? The one I got for $60 is a bargain then. lol
hygiene903
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Tom,
Thank you for the compliments, always glad to share my knowledge, especially when it will be helpful. It was indeed a pleasure meeting you and giving the Apex Rotarex to you for the Museum, knowing it would be a better home for something that rare and unusual than in my collection. And thank you for sharing your knowledge with us over the years as well! For example, most of what I know about Health-Mor/Filter Queen and Lewyt I learned from the histories of both of those makes that you posted several years ago.
Huskyvacs, I have no doubt your Health-Mor will be beautiful after you've restored it. Please keep us up on your progress. Mine was a bargain too, a collector who was downsizing and eventually quit collecting altogether gave it to me!
Jeff
Thank you for the compliments, always glad to share my knowledge, especially when it will be helpful. It was indeed a pleasure meeting you and giving the Apex Rotarex to you for the Museum, knowing it would be a better home for something that rare and unusual than in my collection. And thank you for sharing your knowledge with us over the years as well! For example, most of what I know about Health-Mor/Filter Queen and Lewyt I learned from the histories of both of those makes that you posted several years ago.
Huskyvacs, I have no doubt your Health-Mor will be beautiful after you've restored it. Please keep us up on your progress. Mine was a bargain too, a collector who was downsizing and eventually quit collecting altogether gave it to me!
Jeff
huskyvacs
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Thanks Jeff, I'm working on it! I got as far as getting an aftermarket Royal bag for it. It fits the output connection, and it looks really great. Will be a fine replacement for the time being. I do have the original power cord too with the ceramic plug ends, the seller forgot to ship it initially but he got it sent later on. The seller was located just outside Chicago so the fact these were limited to the Chicago area does hold true. The seller was selling all the parts individually and I got it just in time before the parts got bought and scattered all over the country, which is why it was shipped in pieces.
