Electrolux XX and XXX

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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5hste-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5hste-0-0"><span data-text="true">This past weekend I met a man whose grandfather worked for Electrolux for many years. He bought a box-full of memorabilia for me to look at. </span></span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f5v4v-0-0"><span data-offset-key="f5v4v-0-0"><span data-text="true">One thing that stood out was this page from a 1941 issue of Electrolux News, clearing at least partly the mystery of the Model XX. </span></span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="eufsk-0-0"><span data-offset-key="eufsk-0-0"><span data-text="true">It was intended to be a lower-tier companion to the Model XXX and also to serve as a "bait and switch" to compel people who wanted a Model XX to spend more for the deluxe Model XXX.</span></span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="eufsk-0-0"><span data-offset-key="eufsk-0-0"><span data-text="true">(I'm sorry the scan is so lousy -- apparently the Vacuumland website down-samples images. The original is much clearer.)</span></span></div>
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[human]

The art of the up-sell...

 

[caligula]

Great marketing pitch,

I have both, but I prefer the XXX. As these were both prewar (May of 41)the best was yet to come with the postwar XXX and a myriad of attachments.

 

[caligula]

What a goldmine the XXX was.

Electrolux called it 'The Dirt Digger' and was the longest model in production, 1937-1954, (some say up to 1955.) As it was the high end model over the XX, was the lower when the LX came out in 1952.

 

[caligula]

What a goldmine the XXX was.

Electrolux called it 'The Dirt Digger.' It was the top of the line from 1937 till 1955 with the introduction of the LX.