Photo thread on old bags

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brandon_w_t

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Hehe.

The vacuum bags of course!


Lets see some pictures of your favorite old vacuum bags!


Here are some of my favorites of ones that I have owned.


From left to right, starting at the top.

1960s model 913 bag
aftermarket 1919 model 102 bag
1929 original 575 bag
1960s original model 33 *mint* bag
back of a 1950s model 63 original bag.

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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">"Here are a few of my favorite bags." (I have owned all these machines at one time or another, but don't have them all now.)</span>


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Charles!

Your pictures look so amazing! What a collection! The kirby bags! The hoover bags! The "everything else" bags! Fantastic!
 
Beautiful! Those black kirby bags are among the most beautiful old vacuum bags out there!

Treasure it! They are becoming quite rare!!!!! Yours looks very nice!
 
Still looking for the bag top

Thank you,


 


I am still looking for the bag clip and the bag has some white paint on it that I may be able to actually take off without harming the bag.


 


 


 


Bud
 
Charles, I have to ask.....

Do you have any more pictures of that incredible Hoover 825? My eyes are watering from its shear beauty! You know its my 2nd favorite vacuum of all time. :)
 
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Charles - Thanks for the bag treats. I also agree that those black Kirby bags were among the most beautiful. And many of the Hoover bags from the 30's were just knockouts. Sheer works of art.</span>


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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">Everytime I see that Hoover bag cleaner, it just kills me. Such an interesting contraption. I think we had one at my Catholic grammar school (during the Dinosaur Era)....J </span>
 
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">I SHOULD'VE said....We had a Hoover <span style="text-decoration: underline;">blackboard eraser cleaner</span> at our grammar school.</span>
 
 


 


 


<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">John, like this? Or was it actually a Hoover product??
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">(This has suddenly become a MUST-HAVE -- what a totally cool contraption!!)
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<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">Ya know....now I can't remember. It seemed to me that it was a Hoover, but I don't know why I think that. I also thought that I saw, in one of our members' vac shops years ago, a Hoover blackboard eraser-cleaning machine. Now I am wondering if they ever made them? </span>


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<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">That Palmer is quite fascinating. It almost looks Eureka-like. I wonder how many companies made these devices?</span>
 

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