National Geographic TV Show - Vacuum Collectors

[guy]

National Geographic and Firecracker Films are looking for Vacuum Collectors from across the Globe

My name is Guy Simmonds and I am a development producer at Firecracker Films. We specialise in making high profile and award winning documentary programmes for the National Geographic, Animal PLanet, TLC, ABC and the Discovery Channel.

I am currently casting a series for National Geographic exploring the unique collections of people located all over the world. Across the series we hope to meet a whole host of different characters who have collected a variety of fascinating items. We are particularly keen to do an episode on Vacuum Cleaner Collectors.

If you would be interested to find out more about the project then please get in touch.

[email protected]

 

[ilikeoddvacuums]

not even intrested

if it was a whole show about vac collectors THEN i would be intrested

 

[compactc9guy]

interested

I wouyld be interested a lot
uss vacuum cleaner colelctors don't get our spot light enough
which is why this site exist to vac entushiast can talk about there passion I would be interested

 

[tazcatsdad]

After checking out your firm's website, Guy,

<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">I've sent you an e-mail requesting additional information.</span>


 


<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">-- Bill W.</span>

 

[unimatic1140]

To Username: Guy

Please don't create the same thread twice anywhere on Vacuumland, you can always reply to your original thread to bring it back to the top of the Index List if you wish.

I just deleted the duplicate thread.

 

[thekirbylover]

very interested

i have emailed you for more information

 

[beko1987]

I emaiked you

But after reading your other post about collectors outside the US

 

[pnluxconvlvr]

Hi Guy.

Seems like a good story line.

 

[caligula]

National Geographic.

I've seen a few documentories that are not correct with facts, and one or two that put us down. If this is going to cover the History Of the Vacuum Cleaner, promote the V.C.C.C. and or Vacuum Land then I'm for it, but there has to be a positive attitude. Since I own the oldest known vacuum cleaner that dates back to 1869, and several early electric machines, pictured below. They date from 1890 to 1911. I would be mildly interested. As for the V.C.C.C., I'm the man who did the groundwork, and along with John Lucia, founded the club. As for the history of the V.C.C.C., that began on January 2, 1983, with our first group meeting in May of 85.

Please feel free to contact me at [email protected] for more info. I have a number of V.C.C.C. newsletters and related info. I also know the real facts of the club and history of the early vacuum cleaner.

Hope to hear from you.

Robert Alexander Taber.

 

[caligula]

The oldest known vacuum cleaner.

The Whirlwind was a wooden upright with a cloth bag, and was operated by a hand crank. The source of suction was a fan turned by a drive wheel and pully. It was invented by Ives W. Mc'Gaffy. Patent date June 8, 1869. Place of invention was Chicago, but manufactured by The American Carpet Cleaning Company of Boston. The Whirlwind weighed about 10 pounds and cost $25.00 (a steep price in 1869)! Because of the Great Chicago Fire in October 1871, most of the Whirlwinds were lost. Then Boston had a fire in 1872. There are only three known Whirlwinds. The Hoover Historical Center in North Canton, Ohio did have one, there's mine, and one owned by another collector. Pictured here is mine. The other pictures are when the V.C.C.C. toured Hoover in 1994, and my looking at the other Whirlwind. The newspaper article is on my Whirlwind.

Robert Alexander Taber.