Kirby Replacement Bag History

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On the Kirby 515 to the far right, I believe is a genuine Kirby replacement bag from the late 50's to the mid. 60's. On the 519 in the middle is a replacement bag from the late 60's, almost all the way to the 80's. It came in three colors: grey, brown, and green for the 500 series to the D-80. On the Omega to the far left is a replacement bag from 1976.

 

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A non-genuine Kirby replacement bag

This is a common replacement bag used in the 90's onward by Oreck's rebuilt program, and the tag says assembled in Mexico- not Scott & fetzer.