Past Store Vacuum Displays

[vacbear58]

And a nod to the coronation

It was 1953 after all

 

[vacbear58]

And another marketing angle

You need a Hoover for a healthy, germ free home

 

[vacbear58]

And finally

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[gsheen]

Lovely , wow what it must have been like to own a vacuum shop in those days 

 

[portable]

<span style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Alistair - Thank you for publishing these! They are wonderful. What fun to see how the displays were in other countries. I always have the feeling that Britain was more interested in vacuum display than the U.S. - J </span>

 

[rugsucker]

Hoover in England

This is great!Window displays used to be a big deal even down to the Woolworth type stores.These go beyond anything I have seen with vacs.Speaking of the coronation & Queen do you have picture of the Queens present from Hoover,I think for her wedding?I have seen a Sunday paper magazine special on this with 2 pages of presents.The Hoovers were an upright & tank with chrome ends and tall wooden attachnent rack.It is now as with many things 'in a box somewhere'.

 

[vacbear58]

Wedding presents

Jimmy

I know exactly the picture you refer to but unfortunatly it is buried on my hard drive somewhere. It was actually for the wedding of Princess Elizabeth in 1947. The cleaners were a 160 (or possibly a 960 - commercial version) which is rather like a cross of the 150 and the 25 - it looks like a 150 but with a single pivot rather than fork handle and much simpler suspension. The other was possibly the first sign of the not quite launched model 402 - and you are quite right it had chromed ends, the only sign I have ever seen of such a version

Al

 

[ozhoover]

Great history

Hey Al,

Thanks for posting a great bit of Hoover history in the UK some really great shots.

Mark

 

[anthony]

royal Hoovers

I now have a picture in my head of the queen hoovering i bet those machines have never been plugged in let alone used

 

[bagintheback]

Found Some More

These pictures were tucked away in the Ristenbatt website. The pictures look like they were taken in the very early 2000s or late 90s. It looks like even then they had some pretty old models still displayed. Makes you wonder what they have now.

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[tjhooverman]

Past Store Vacuum Display

The Hoover Spectrum Canister ones I wondered about, the Hoover Power MAX Canister ones too, Series 800, Series 850, Series 900, Series 950 for Spectrum and PowerMAX. Does anyone have picture of a Spectrum Canister to show? Can anyone show the Spectrum Canister displays if they have some, please?

 

[gsheen]

That display in Ristenbatt looks more like early 90"s judging by the nilfisk vacuums in photo 9

 

[pinkge]

Alistair...

Your Hoover display ad's are the Bomb.Wonderful
Michael

 

[kirbee]

royal displays

I have some of the Royal metal upright display cubes, whirlpool hex shaped, eureka two style cresents, Hoover cubes, and riccar cubes. I also have alot of the old posters. I need to get them framed and hung.

 

[durango159]

I love this blog, I would love to see advertisements.

This thread is awesome!!! I would love to see if anyone has any catalog pictures from Montgomery Wards, Best, Service Merchandise, Sears, etc.

I'm a power nozzle phanatic. So the canister power teams excite me the most!!

In the first picture- I love the Hoover Dimension 1000 and what looks like a Hoover Spirit in the right corner

The 3rd picture I can see on the far left, cutting off the page my green Eureka caniste. I would love to have the Eureka Express and vintage Panasonic Jet Flo in that.

For TJhooverman. I don't have any Spectrums but I do have 2 PowerMax's and a Windtunnel. I'll post.

This is a Hoover PowerMax Supreme S3530. This was actually more similar to a Futura but it has a "gas pump" style handle. The Futura style power head on this is a little bulkier than the traditional PowerMax head but agitator, base and wheel design are exactly the same between the two.

 

[durango159]

PowerMax Supreme S3530 with generic replacement agitator. Agitator works good but a little shorter in length compared to original Hoover, it took quite a while to be properly seated. I hope it holds up, I really like this vacuum and will be mad if an agitator ruins it. Hoover has shifted away from building their own agitators and is using these generic ones now too.

 

[durango159]

Hoover PowerMax Deluxe S3601. This is the real PowerMax style powernozzle except that this model did not come with a see through belt view window and this model did not come with the agitator on/off switch on hose. Otherwise it did have covered tool storage and Micro post motor filter.

 

[durango159]

Hoover PowerMax Deluxe S3601 with Hoover genuine agitator. Agitator has been washed again and motor bearings regreased since this photo was taken. This machine is for sale in Pennsylvania, not as good a condition compared to other Hoover PowerMax canisters I have access to. Got this at a yard sale, previous owners mistreated it. It does run well though but headlight has been disconnected, need to retest the power nozzle. Vac shop I took it to, thinks it was left to sit for quite a while and running it again will smooth out powerhead motor, repair wise its in great shape.

 

[durango159]

Hoover Spirit canister vacuum. Power nozzle for this I believe came off of a Celebrity but other than color this was the powerhead that this machine would have come with. I sold this machine a few months back as I refurbished it but I try to keep pictures of all the machines I've had.

 

[durango159]

Hoover Spirit power nozzle