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[kirby27]

So i was walking around the antique shop today and ran into this vacuum. My first thought was that it was a kirby c electric model. then i realized that it wasn't. i was able to read the label though. It is a Heath mor. Sanitation system. circa 1920's. it runs like a top and appears to be in good shape. i dont know much about this particular vacuum so could some of you please tell me about this vacuum? I would like to know more about this vacuum as i really like it. its very easy and fun to use. also, is this copper head original or is it painted?

Thanks

 

[kirby27]

Pic

 

[lesinutah]

Hey

Hey
Electro hygiene royal brand made by private brand like Stark vacuum today. Could be health Mor. I provided link. But looks like private label royal circa 1928. I found Health Mor company made vacuums in Chicago around this time called sanitation system but shows Pic of cannister vacuum.

http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?22598_16

 

[lesinutah]

Link

Here is link from Chicago health Mor. The bag looks like royal electro hygiene. To bag it doesn't say sanitation system in red with black duvetyne bag then you know it's kirby. Still pretty awesome find.

http://https//www.vdta.com/Magazines/APR11/fc-GaskoApr11.html

 

[lesinutah]

Hey

It sure looks like a faded health Mor sanitation system on stamp. Pic of bag might help also wheels?

Les

 

[kirby27]

Lesinutah

Here are some pictures of the bag and the wheels. I know the wheels are probably not original because they would normally be black. Hope these pics help.
Thanks

 

[lesinutah]

Hey

The Pic is from Mike Baldo ebay some other person put on their website. But it's Mike's I'd text and ask if I could use pics but I think he's under the weather. I'll be sure to let him know I used it.
It's electro hygiene late 20s. Notice same exact font and writing style. The wheels are not original call that educated guess.

You basically have a early royal vacuum made under private label health Mor from Chicago. If you know year look up that year of royal vacuum. It should look identical. I'm surprised Ben hasn't said anything. He knows royals and kirbys like no one else.
Lesinutah

 

[madman]

It looks to me like someone had a little fun with a can of gold spray paint. It's hard to tell from the pics, so at first I was wondering if the head was actually brass instead of aluminum, but in the 2nd set of pics, there's a gold bracket and a spring. A spring is not gonna be made of brass.

Nice find though!

 

[kirby27]

Thanks

Thanks for all the info!
I would like to restore this vacuum to its original shape as much as possible. So I will probably take the gold paint off. Any idea what the original wheels would look like?

 

[texaskirbyguy]

Great find, esp with a good bag! I would like to run across one of these at a good price sometime soon...
The wheels look like from vintage casters. Yes the originals would most likely be black.
The gold looks like paint, esp the spring. The nozzle is most likely aluminum.
Certainly this is worthy of a resto!

 

[huskyvacs]

In case anyone was curious, those wheels came from a late 1960's/early 1970's TV trolley. So that dates when this vacuum was last used. Gold was also popular to decorate with in the early 70's.

The following pics are from a random eBay auction.

Someone was a very clever handyman! These vacuums in the 1970's were likely just considered worthless junk, so they didn't care about devaluation when repairing it the way they did, they just wanted to make it look pretty.

 

[lesinutah]

Husky vacs

Those are sweet wheels. I just got a kirby 510 I'm pretty sure mine are even smaller like toy car. It's amazing what people do to vacuums. Do you look at your TV tray and say I need to get rid of it but those wheels will go perfect on my 90 year old vacuum. The thought process you have to wonder.

 

[hygiene903]

Health-Mor

The Health-Mor Sanitation System was built by P.A. Geier Company in Cleveland, who also built Royal and Electro-Hygiene vacs, which is why they all look similar. The main differences were that the Health-Mor had a different nozzle, different bag, and foot switch. Health-Mor eventually switched to canister cleaners with the introduction of the model 20 Filter Queen.
And yes, the nozzle would have originally been polished aluminum, wheels would have been black, and the bag would have had Health-Mor Sanitation System on it. here are pics of my model 94 Electro-Hygiene, Health-Mor, and an early straight suction Royal for comparison. The bags on the Hygiene 94 and Health-mor are both replacements, but the previous owner of both of them had a section of the original bag serged onto the replacement, and had the Health-Mor logo embroidered on that one. Hope this helps.
Jeff

 

[lesinutah]

Hygiene 903

Hello
Thanks for clearing this up. It's amazing you have the vacuum and it's big brother royal. Very nice vacuums'. Feel free to enlighten us with any vacuum pics or knowledge.
Les

 

[lesinutah]

Hygiene 903

Hello
Thanks for clearing this up. It's amazing you have the vacuum and it's big brother royal. Very nice vacuums'. Feel free to enlighten us with any vacuum pics or knowledge.
Les

 

[kirby27]

Yes

Thank you for all of the exteremly helpful information!

 

[kirby27]

wheels?

What should i do about these wheels? i need to find some that look somewhat like the original. Any ideas??

 

[hygiene903]

Thank You!

Glad to be able to help. As for the wheels, you might ask at the vac shops (especially Royal dealers) in your area if they have any old stock wheels around, or check hardware stores (especially old ones that have been around for a while), or industrial supply companies, someone may have something close. After you get the paint off the nozzle, give it a good polishing with Mother's Mag and it will turn out beautiful!
And Les, since you asked, here are a few pics of some of my Electro-Hygienes and Royals. First is a group shot of some of my Electro-Hygienes, Models 285 (3 of them), 777, 880, 890, and 980. Next, a group shot of Royals, models 601, 801, 603, 606, 801, 602, and 883. Next, a model 2-230 Electro-Hygiene with attachments, the last straight suction Electro-Hygiene made. Next is a model 903 Electro-Hygiene with attachments and Extra Equipment Kit. Last but not least is what I call ensemble in red and black, models 153 and 189 uprights and 157 hand vac. And by the way, I have no idea why the 153 and 189 uprights in the pic only have one cord hook, my other 189 has both. Enjoy!
Jeff

 

[kirby27]

Would wheels this old be made out of metal?