Hoover demo tool I bet most have never seen

[gottahaveahoove]

Well, here is the scoop.

According to all Hoover data, door to door sales were diminishing in the 50s, from the Hoover standpoint. This tool in question would have been used to show the strong airflow in the Constellation, possibly even the "Holiday". These would have been used in the brick and mortar stores, as well. The clue is: IF that vinyl latch cover is sandalwood, it would be circa 1956, 57. IF it's white, it's later, "post '57". When this is cleaned up, the color will reveal the age.
Yes, a filter cloth would be placed in between the 2 sections, and would be clamped. This would demonstrate the superior airflow of the Hoover.
This would have been assigned to the Hoover dealer.
So, there you have it, Kids.

 

[dysonman1]

Wow. I was correct. Good to know.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

I spoke with Tom Anderson just last night, in depth.

He always gets the right info... look at his sources.......... so handy.
He also cleared up the door to door sales info..which has been incorrect many times in the past.

 

[dysonman1]

As I said, that was a demo tool for Door to Door sales, which were still occurring in the 1950's. It would not have been used at vac shops nor in department stores. What kind of salesman would want to show the customer the dirt in the store carpets? That tool was for generating emotion in the HOME just as the Kirby Demo Tool wouldn't be used in a vac shop. It generates the desire to own the Hoover by showing your OWN dirt.

 

[kenkart]

I also have

A Dirt Meter for the first Convertible.

 

[dysonman1]

I have a brown wrinkle finished dirt meter for the post war Hoover uprights, along with some filter paper (they stole it from Air-Way). Looks almost identical to the one Kirby used years later.

 

[kenkart]

Yes

This one looks like a Kirby dirtmeter with a convertible bellows and bag ring on it.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

I was recently in a department store that was showing

"what kind of dirt" their vacuum was picking up. There's plenty of dirt in a department store, actually And, I saw plenty.
Of course, the days of "Lucille Ball" and Dick Van Dyke demos are over. lol