electrolux137
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I saw this photo on an eBay listing today.
If you look in the background you can see the original Compact box!
If you look in the background you can see the original Compact box!
Photo of a girl using an early Compact
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That's a nice pic Charles; not only in terms of a candid photo of a vintage machine being used, but also of a young girl learning responsibility by sharing in the maintenance of her family's abode--even on Christmas morning!
The harlequin glasses would have given away if "1961" hadn't been used in the title of the eBay listing.
Here are some other candid vintage vacuum photos; also from eBay (I'm not familiar with the brands/models):
The harlequin glasses would have given away if "1961" hadn't been used in the title of the eBay listing.
Here are some other candid vintage vacuum photos; also from eBay (I'm not familiar with the brands/models):
super-sweeper
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All those vacuum cleaners,
Are all oddly enough, G-E!
(Except for that April 1959 picture).
In order, the first is an early swivel-top, the second a standard tank cleaner (Replaced by the swivel top around the early 1950s),
and the 3rd appears to be a model AVF-26 of the late 1940s, that bag doesn't seem original, though. it would've been brown and lighter brown with the G-E logo? Oh, Wait! looking again that's one of those chrome-plated models! you can see one on Vacuumland's homepage, the section with the rotating vacuum pictures! so that bag is original!
Are all oddly enough, G-E!
(Except for that April 1959 picture).
In order, the first is an early swivel-top, the second a standard tank cleaner (Replaced by the swivel top around the early 1950s),
and the 3rd appears to be a model AVF-26 of the late 1940s, that bag doesn't seem original, though. it would've been brown and lighter brown with the G-E logo? Oh, Wait! looking again that's one of those chrome-plated models! you can see one on Vacuumland's homepage, the section with the rotating vacuum pictures! so that bag is original!
super-sweeper
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Also,
It strikes me as to why people would sell their family heirlooms? unless, not their family at all?
It strikes me as to why people would sell their family heirlooms? unless, not their family at all?
caligula
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Hi Kevin.
The vacuum cleaner in the picture 'Kathy's find,' is an early General Electric swivel Top, perhaps the first. It came out around 1952. The other two are also G.E. Both the swivel Top and tank are posted here, I'll also post the upright so you can see that.
Alex Taber.
The vacuum cleaner in the picture 'Kathy's find,' is an early General Electric swivel Top, perhaps the first. It came out around 1952. The other two are also G.E. Both the swivel Top and tank are posted here, I'll also post the upright so you can see that.
Alex Taber.
super-sweeper
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No more drag about tragedys!
How could I forget!? This old commercial showing how that old G.E tank style was old and knocked your stuff on the floor, smashing it to bits! whereas the NEW G-E Swivel-top cleaner allowed for <span style="text-decoration: underline;">REACH-EASY CLEANING!</span>
How could I forget!? This old commercial showing how that old G.E tank style was old and knocked your stuff on the floor, smashing it to bits! whereas the NEW G-E Swivel-top cleaner allowed for <span style="text-decoration: underline;">REACH-EASY CLEANING!</span>
caligula
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Hi Kevin.
The two General Electric uprights pictured here (by the 7-Up can) may not be the exact model, or have the same bag, but you get the idea. By the way this was taken at the second annual meeting of the V.C.C.C. in May of 86. Looks like we're taking a break from the business meeting. The picture on the floor was our first club logo.
Alex Taber.
The two General Electric uprights pictured here (by the 7-Up can) may not be the exact model, or have the same bag, but you get the idea. By the way this was taken at the second annual meeting of the V.C.C.C. in May of 86. Looks like we're taking a break from the business meeting. The picture on the floor was our first club logo.
Alex Taber.
rugsucker
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celebrity vac photos
I have seen,and have'in a box somewhere',pics of Audry Meadows & sister with an Elux XXX and Johnny Carson taking an Oreck upright on board his boat at marina.Both were from National Enquirer or similar paper.
I have seen,and have'in a box somewhere',pics of Audry Meadows & sister with an Elux XXX and Johnny Carson taking an Oreck upright on board his boat at marina.Both were from National Enquirer or similar paper.
super-sweeper
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which G-E?
There's plenty on this thread to choose from!
There's plenty on this thread to choose from!
ge1969
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Re: Reply 18, Kevin, I believe that's a Model 12 Electrolux. Later, Toby G.
briankirbyclass
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Back in around 1977, 78 in People magazine there are pics and an article of Rodney Dangerfield using and holding an Electrolux Golden J, or Super J. I remember the article said he was a vacuum fanatic and did most all of the vacuuming of his house, rather than having his wife or a maid do it, and he always used Electrolux. If i remember right the article says he sold Electrolux's at one time,,i belive it was when he was young and just starting out. Wish i could find that article and pics again, i did save that magazine for yrs, but it finally got lost in a move.
Re: Rodney Dangerfield in People magazine ... I did a search, and the only mention in that magazine I found connecting the comedian and Electrolux was a brief in the August 8, 1983 edition in the Chatter feature. I could not find any photos, but it is likely that he was photographed with a Silverado 1505 instead of an earlier canister. Here is the brief:
What Money Can't Buy
The phone rings at the Electrolux vacuum cleaner store in Westport, Conn. A customer asks how much the best machine costs. He patiently listens to details about the Silverado, a turbine-powered job that costs $549. Then he says he'll send someone down to pick one up. He also gives his name: "Dangerfield. Yeah, you know, like in 'no respect.' " When a messenger arrives with a check from the one-and-only Rodney Dangerfield, the service manager doesn't believe it actually comes from the famous comic. He won't accept the check, and he calls Dangerfield's personal secretary to prove himself right. But, uh-oh, it turns out Rod did send the dough. Talk about no respect. This guy can't even buy a vacuum without getting a hard time.
What Money Can't Buy
The phone rings at the Electrolux vacuum cleaner store in Westport, Conn. A customer asks how much the best machine costs. He patiently listens to details about the Silverado, a turbine-powered job that costs $549. Then he says he'll send someone down to pick one up. He also gives his name: "Dangerfield. Yeah, you know, like in 'no respect.' " When a messenger arrives with a check from the one-and-only Rodney Dangerfield, the service manager doesn't believe it actually comes from the famous comic. He won't accept the check, and he calls Dangerfield's personal secretary to prove himself right. But, uh-oh, it turns out Rod did send the dough. Talk about no respect. This guy can't even buy a vacuum without getting a hard time.
