Happy 100th birthday, HOOVER!

[hoovercelebrity]

Fabulous!

Love all of those things I've never seen before! Especially love the closeup of "The Hoover" on the bag <br
I need to go get my scanner out.. <br
~F

 

[hoovercelebrity]

Alrighty.. here it goes.

Out of an old service manual I have. <br

 

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[rugmaster37]

wow......

THAT'S SUPER COOL.....FRED.. <br
That's something i'm saving to my pictures folder for sure. We all have such wonderful things to share <br
About that 9? series Hoover Commercial... It seems to have a middle 30's 150 model like handgrip, and two sets of cord hooks. Is that a low prod. model? I have seen 91's, 918's and the like, but never one like that.. <br
Im loving this... <br
Chad

 

[seamusuk]

OMG!

Hey Fre <br
I can think of a certain person over here whos gonna (almost)!! wet himself when he sees those scans lol <br
Seamus

 

[arh1953]

They just get better every minute. Thanks for posting these!

 

[hoovercelebrity]

I can think of a certain person over here whos gonna (almost

Seamus, <br
I was thinking the same thing. Probably about the same person <br
I'll be happy to e-mail him the full-size, high resolution scans for use on his website <br
:- <br
~ <br

 

[vintagehoover]

Oh wow, guys!

You've been holdin' out on me! : <br
Tom and Fred, thank you both so much - those pictures/scans are amazing! I've spent so long trawling the internet and vacuumland achives for info on those machines! I'm just over the moon! I didn't quite wet myself, but it could have been a close call, lo <br
How many of those machines do the Historical Center have examples of, I wonder <br
One question - out of the cleaners on Fred's scans, where is the Model 3, the first commercial <br
Chad - the only other Hoover I've seen with double cord hooks is my 1933 commercial Model 925 (below) - I guess they must have been optional, for people who wanted extra long cords. I have a 912 like the one in Charles Richard's picture, but only has 1 set of cord hooks

 

[vintagehoover]

Some more early adverts!

From 1910, looks like a Senior Model 2 (this is wonderful, I know what they are now <br
How I wish I could still send for 'That Little Hoover Book'!

 

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Also from 1910...

Not sure which model this is; the 12-inch Senior 195, or the 10-inch Junior 196 perhaps:

 

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And again from 1910:

Senior Model 2 again?

 

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Onto 1911:

Senior 195?

 

[vacuumkid3]

When was the last time a pre-102 Hoover went on eBay? I tell you...for all of my 6 years of vacuum collecting, I have never seen more than one on eBay! Those ads, though, are amazing! Thanks for taking the time to scan them, everyone <br
~~K~~

 

[hoover1060]

How many of those machines do the Historical Center have exa

Well Jack,
They have a Spangler, and of course a model O, and a two right after that..
here is one, maybe its model 2?

 

[charles~richard]

The double-hook 918 is from the HMS Queen Mary. The ship is permanently berthed in the Long Beach Harbor and there are tours of the ship which was renovated into a museum <br
Part of the tour includes a display of artifacts saved from the ship, and the Hoover is among them. It stands behind a plexiglass panel so it was really hard to get good photos of it. Note the European-style plug - which would seem to lend authenticity to it <br


http://www.queenmary.com/

 

[arh1953]

Has there ever been any clue as to what type of vacuums were used on the Titanic, or her sister ships? I imagine there is some sort of record on that someplace.

 

[vintagehoover]

Titanic...

Alan, I've wondered about that too; I imagine they would either be early Hoover uprights, or some sort of central-vac system. I'm sure they would have been appointed with what ever was considered to be 'the best of the best'! There must be websites or message boards for people interested in those ships - perhaps someone there would know, or have access to such records.