charles~richard
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I often speculate about how many Electrolux models may have been used in a home when I see Electroluxes on eBay with a variety of attachments from different Electrolux models.
I thought I was the only one who thought about this until I just got an email from another collector talking about how he does the same thing! I shouldda known better than to think I was the only one!!
So I was inspired to write out the following scenario that is pure fantasy but COULD have actually happened!
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Many times on eBay you'll see a newer machine with an assortment of older accessories, sometimes even an older hose on a newer machine. You can do a little detective work to figure out a household's history of vacuum cleaners. Something like this:
Mr. and Mrs. Jones got a deluxe Model XXX in 1949 with all the accessories, as a wedding present from her husband's sister Sylvia, whose husband's lodge brother sold them. Mrs. Jones used the XXX box to store all the many linens and white goods that they received as wedding presents. They had gotten so many that they couldn't use them all.
A few years later her church had a rummage sale. She took the XXX box full of linens (careful to pick out the ones that had been given by her lady friends at church!) and took it to the rummage sale. The linens were removed from the box and put on display, selling for 5¢ to 50¢. The XXX box was bought for a dollar by an Electrolux nut who couldn't believe his eyes upon seeing that mint XXX box under Mrs. Jones' sale table in the church social hall!
Then Mrs. Jones got an AE in 1956 from her husband's brother-in law's son who followed in his father's footsteps and went to work for his dad who was now an Electrolux regional manager. She got a new AE hose for the XXX and took that machine to the lakefront summer cottage, stored in the AE box. The XXX hose was hung on a hook in the garage, kept on hand in case she needed a spare.
In 1968, Mrs. Jones bought a white and turquoise power nozzle that the Electrolux man demonstrated. He was able to upgrade her AE with a port for the power nozzle. He also sold her a new turquoise hose, a new dusting brush, and a turbo rug shampooer outfit. The replaced AE hose was hung out in the garage with the XXX hose.
She was delighted when the Electrolux man demonstrated the three-head floor polisher and rug shampooer, but Mr. Jones said she did not need it. Whenever they needed to do the floors, he would go to the local A&P Grocery Store and rent a Johnson Wax floor machine.
Then Mrs. Jones got a Golden Jubilee and power nozzle in 1974 from her husband's brother-in law's grandson who also followed in his father's and grandfather's footsteps and went to work for his dad who was now an Electrolux regional manager. (Grandpa retired after 35 years in the business and was given a gold watch with a Golden Jubilee on the face.) Mrs. Jones got a new gold Model L hose for the AE, and the AE and G power nozzle went out to the summer cottage, the AE stored in the Golden Jubilee box.
The turquoise replacement hose was hung on the hook in the garage along with the XXX and AE hoses. The XXX in the AE box with the replacement AE hose went to the local Ladies Auxiliary thrift shop where an Electrolux collector was happy to pay $3.92 for it.
She was delighted when the Electrolux man demonstrated the beautiful gold and white floor polisher and rug shampooer, but again Mr. Jones said she did not need it. When the A&P went out of business, he bought one of the Johnson Wax machines for $10 when the store had a furnishings liquidation sale.
Then in 1982 Mr. Jones FINALLY weakened and bought Mrs. Jones a Silverado gray B8 rug shampooer and floor polisher because the belt in the Johnson Wax machine broke, and when he called the company to secure a replacement he was told parts for their polishers were no longer available. She also got a new Silverado hose for her Golden Jubilee. The Golden Jubilee hose was hung out in the garage with the XXX, AE, and the turquoise G hoses. Mr. Jones was adamant about not throwing out any perfectly good sweeper hoses!
Along the way, Mrs. Jones saved favorite attachments and accessories - the various dusting brushes, maybe the bare floor brush because she liked it and "moved them up" with each new machine. She liked the XXX bare floor tool better than "the newfangled ones," and even used it with her Golden Jubilee.
The polisher, sprayer and vaporizer from the XXX were kept in the polisher box on a shelf in her laundry room next to the box with the turbo rug shampooer. She used the polisher to wax her kitchen floor, but never used the sprayer, vaporizer or rug shampooer.
Then Mr. and Mrs. Jones retired. The house and summer cottage were sold. The AE, Golden Jubilee, Silverado shampooer, XXX, AE hose, turquoise G replacement hose, Golden Jubilee hose, turbo shampooer, and the XXX accessories in the polisher box were sold at an "estate sale" where an Electrolux collector found them and paid $15 for the lot.
I always like a happy ending.
I thought I was the only one who thought about this until I just got an email from another collector talking about how he does the same thing! I shouldda known better than to think I was the only one!!
So I was inspired to write out the following scenario that is pure fantasy but COULD have actually happened!
-------
Many times on eBay you'll see a newer machine with an assortment of older accessories, sometimes even an older hose on a newer machine. You can do a little detective work to figure out a household's history of vacuum cleaners. Something like this:
Mr. and Mrs. Jones got a deluxe Model XXX in 1949 with all the accessories, as a wedding present from her husband's sister Sylvia, whose husband's lodge brother sold them. Mrs. Jones used the XXX box to store all the many linens and white goods that they received as wedding presents. They had gotten so many that they couldn't use them all.
A few years later her church had a rummage sale. She took the XXX box full of linens (careful to pick out the ones that had been given by her lady friends at church!) and took it to the rummage sale. The linens were removed from the box and put on display, selling for 5¢ to 50¢. The XXX box was bought for a dollar by an Electrolux nut who couldn't believe his eyes upon seeing that mint XXX box under Mrs. Jones' sale table in the church social hall!
Then Mrs. Jones got an AE in 1956 from her husband's brother-in law's son who followed in his father's footsteps and went to work for his dad who was now an Electrolux regional manager. She got a new AE hose for the XXX and took that machine to the lakefront summer cottage, stored in the AE box. The XXX hose was hung on a hook in the garage, kept on hand in case she needed a spare.
In 1968, Mrs. Jones bought a white and turquoise power nozzle that the Electrolux man demonstrated. He was able to upgrade her AE with a port for the power nozzle. He also sold her a new turquoise hose, a new dusting brush, and a turbo rug shampooer outfit. The replaced AE hose was hung out in the garage with the XXX hose.
She was delighted when the Electrolux man demonstrated the three-head floor polisher and rug shampooer, but Mr. Jones said she did not need it. Whenever they needed to do the floors, he would go to the local A&P Grocery Store and rent a Johnson Wax floor machine.
Then Mrs. Jones got a Golden Jubilee and power nozzle in 1974 from her husband's brother-in law's grandson who also followed in his father's and grandfather's footsteps and went to work for his dad who was now an Electrolux regional manager. (Grandpa retired after 35 years in the business and was given a gold watch with a Golden Jubilee on the face.) Mrs. Jones got a new gold Model L hose for the AE, and the AE and G power nozzle went out to the summer cottage, the AE stored in the Golden Jubilee box.
The turquoise replacement hose was hung on the hook in the garage along with the XXX and AE hoses. The XXX in the AE box with the replacement AE hose went to the local Ladies Auxiliary thrift shop where an Electrolux collector was happy to pay $3.92 for it.
She was delighted when the Electrolux man demonstrated the beautiful gold and white floor polisher and rug shampooer, but again Mr. Jones said she did not need it. When the A&P went out of business, he bought one of the Johnson Wax machines for $10 when the store had a furnishings liquidation sale.
Then in 1982 Mr. Jones FINALLY weakened and bought Mrs. Jones a Silverado gray B8 rug shampooer and floor polisher because the belt in the Johnson Wax machine broke, and when he called the company to secure a replacement he was told parts for their polishers were no longer available. She also got a new Silverado hose for her Golden Jubilee. The Golden Jubilee hose was hung out in the garage with the XXX, AE, and the turquoise G hoses. Mr. Jones was adamant about not throwing out any perfectly good sweeper hoses!
Along the way, Mrs. Jones saved favorite attachments and accessories - the various dusting brushes, maybe the bare floor brush because she liked it and "moved them up" with each new machine. She liked the XXX bare floor tool better than "the newfangled ones," and even used it with her Golden Jubilee.
The polisher, sprayer and vaporizer from the XXX were kept in the polisher box on a shelf in her laundry room next to the box with the turbo rug shampooer. She used the polisher to wax her kitchen floor, but never used the sprayer, vaporizer or rug shampooer.
Then Mr. and Mrs. Jones retired. The house and summer cottage were sold. The AE, Golden Jubilee, Silverado shampooer, XXX, AE hose, turquoise G replacement hose, Golden Jubilee hose, turbo shampooer, and the XXX accessories in the polisher box were sold at an "estate sale" where an Electrolux collector found them and paid $15 for the lot.
I always like a happy ending.
