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As there hasn't been one of these threads in quite a while, I figured I may as well make a new one. What is your oldest electric vacuum?
 
hmm, very strange. So there was two "Bee Model D's" and one mas made by Bissell? Or did Birtman make that one too?

Well the next newest ad I did find is from 1921 from the N. Shure Co., wholesaler.

But other than that I can't find any other ads thus far earlier than 1921.

My Bee-Vac has the rounded 2 prong outlet plug that looks similar to a screw-in lamp plug (next to impossible to take out of a modern electrical outlet). Rest of the pics are here: https://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?35761

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It was made by Birtman, but collected in 1915 by Bissell. They made an electric upright vac in the 1910s, and collected their competitors, kinda like what Hoover did. GRPM has most of them, and will supply additional pics of any if you ask. That's why the pics of the Bee D are so detailed, the old ones stunk so I asked for follow up pics, as I have the motor to one and would like to build the wheel supports, etc.
The patent date on mine is July 23rd 1912, and there is a patent in my Google Patent thread(reply 2) showing the original version, most likely what was originally a Bee model A, if such a thing existed.
 
Those are some impressive machines. I've got nothing to compete with them (not that I'm tring). The oldest I've got are a pair of Electrolux 1205's from 1969-70 and a Royal Prince 501 in gray and red livery from probably the same era.
 

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