Royal Royalette hand vacuum

[toastermike]

I just bought this Royalette on E-Bay. It is in excellent condition and runs like new with powerful suction. The nozzle is made of hard rubber. From what I can find from archived newspaper ads on the internet, it was made as early as 1930 and sold for about $15-20.00 in the mid 1930's. Does anyone have any information on this hand vac?

Mike

 

[hygiene903]

That's a beauty, Mike! Think you're right on the dates, as they were probably discontinued when Royal introduced their revolving brush hand vac in 1937. Here's my model 157, an early Royal revolving brush hand vac
Jeff