You are so very welcome, Charles.
T'was your website that inspired me to go for it. It would be an arduous but worthy project to recreate the entire LX Owner's manual in photos, since it is otherwise entirely illustrated with line drawings. It wouldn't be any problem getting a gal pal to dress the part and I couldplay the Dad. Hector and Felix would substitute for the children and pets.
The Polisher lineup was particularly just for you! And of course I'll be looking for the chrome one you have the many decades ahead, I'm sure.
I adore all my vacuums, they've been chosen with care for some overall or small design/engineering feature and I derive great pleasure from manhandleing all the parts as I autopsy and recusitate any vacuum that comes my way. In the course of examination when you have several of the same model you notice the tiny details that differentiate and that leads to asking "Who, What, Where, Why and How". The answers and suppositions are easily come by from this fine group of enthusiasts. All we have to do is post and ask.
As I say, I luv all my vacuum machines but Electrolux holds a special place, in that models are quite different from country to country, and all were manufactured to the highest standards with the finest materials. Even the 70s machines used quality plastics to advantage but then as we all lament - globalization put an end to Things Made To Last A Lifetime.
So, another teeny weeny thing I noticed that supports your observation of the early bag ejection fix Attic & Basement Key on introduction of the LX...Pages 18 & 19 layout of the 1952 manual clearly shows proof of the hasty insertion of the Attic and Basement Key explanation into the camera-ready Manual pages. The body text is smaller and the red word KEY is in enough of a different script typeface (fatter, less fluid) to that throughout the manual that it must have been squeezed in at the last moment by a different hand. Does a Manual exist without this insertion? Well, mine also came with the later slip-in loose page that explains the use of the use of the later developed Control Dial.
Had to scan the manual in overlapping single pages. As soon as I can merge those 52 pages in ArcSoft Panorama maker I'll post the Manual in it's entirety.
How's that for obsessive. LOL
Btw, Webmaster Fred, what's the best way to get these manuals on to the Manuals tab on the opening page? There's no user upload button...
Dave
