Gold plated Eureka Prince/Vintage Eureka

[dysonman1]

I get the best things in the mail. The Electrolux Floor Care Group (Eureka) moved, as the vacuum cleaner division was sold. They had some vintage machines, as well as prototypes that they decided to send to the Vacuum Cleaner Museum in St. James, Missouri.

They arrived in a huge box.

 

[dysonman1]

First UP

The gold plated Eureka Princess. The Princess was their best selling vacuum ever, followed by the Model 9.

 

[dysonman1]

The PRINCESS.

 

[dysonman1]

She's stunning. And brand new.

 

[dysonman1]

A damp cloth, and she's perfect again after sitting for decades on display - first in Bloomington (where Eureka used to be), then to North Carolina (where Eureka moved before going to China).

 

[dysonman1]

The awesome Model 9 as well as the Eureka Junior (which had a hair dryer attachment of all things).

 

[dysonman1]

Even a Trilobite. Never used one before. This one is brand new.

 

[dysonman1]

Canadian Electrolux. It seems very beige.

 

[dysonman1]

Canadian electrolux model 12.

 

[dysonman1]

Made in Sweden

 

[dysonman1]

The first Ultra One off the line.

 

[dysonman1]

I'm a pretty Dyed In The Wool Vacuflo fan. But I'm going to give this Beam a shot.

 

[dysonman1]

Made in Canada.

 

[dysonman1]

Made in Canada electrolux floor polisher.

 

[ralph123]

Congratulations. Great stuff for the museum.

 

[eurekaprince]

Wow...that is a beautiful Princess!

Interesting historical note about that sweeper from Berlin, Ontario. Eureka in some ways had its roots in Ontario because I think its founder Wardell was from Toronto. And Eureka's original home was in Detroit, right across the river from Windsor, Ontario. About a 2 hour drive from Detroit/Windsor is a city called Kitchener. If I am not mistaken, Kitchener was originally called Berlin before World War II, and changed it's name after the Nazi atrocities became known in North America. Eureka's Canadian division was set up as "Onward Manufacturing" in Kitchener, Ontario. Which is why that sweeper says "Onward" of Berlin.

 

[eurekaprince]

Small correction: Berlin changed to Kitchener in 1916 during World War One when it wanted to minimize its linkage with the German enemy at the time of the war.

 

[toddk13]

Wow

So cool. I gotta see those next year!

 

[dysonman1]

I love the colors in the Canadian Electrolux nameplate.