Holy Bugeye, Batman!!

[electrolux137]

Wow. 615 smackeroos for this machine that has a replacement bag and, it appears, a replacement handle-grip.

I mean, yeah, this is a very rare machine -- but it's so much less beautiful without the original bag which is very ornate. Here's a photo of mine, awaiting restoration, with a perfect-condition original bag. I figure if I list it I'll get high four figures for it!! hahaha

http://www.ebay.com/itm/390753768292

 

[electrolux137]

Here's an original ad for the machine.

 

[portable]

<span style="font-size: medium; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Wow, Charles. That is the FIRST ad for the Imperial that I have ever seen. Somehow the catalogues never had an ad for one (that I could find).....</span>

 

[electrolux137]

John, I found that ad via google -- searched "kenmore imperial vacuum" and it came up. It's from a newspaper. Let me see if I can find it again... hang on...

Ah, yes, here it is -- from the Miami Herald, March 20, 1936.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...KxpVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Yj0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2216,515212