Today's POD of Model 111

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Today's picture of the day is a GE Model 111. I know that Jack in England has one. There was also a headlight version, one of the first headlight vacuums made by GE, to compete with Hoover and Eureka. David Olsen gave me this great pamphlet on that Model - the Model 111-A. I had never seen this model before I saw the pamphlet. Doesn't it look like the early Singer?
Here's the first page of the pamphlet:

 

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Pages 2 and 3 (sorry for the LARGE size):

 

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and page 3, featuring The Tidy.....

 

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If the 11-34 on the back page is correct, GE was not far behind Hoover and Eureka in developing a headlight vacuum.

 

[joe22]

they were probably made by the some company, clones

 

[hooverlover]

Great brochure John, love it.

 

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Joe: I'm not sure who made it, but I took a look at the early Singers, and it doesn't look exactly like it. Here is a picture that Dave Kerr published last year of Singer executives with an older model and prototypes of the then-new current model (S-series).
Picture 1:

 

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...and another picture, which includes the first Singer (which was made by Western Electric, I am pretty sure). Originally this model was a Sturtevant product, but Sturtevant apparently was acquired by Western Electric).....

 

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PS: Hi to Michael Pletcher! Thanks for leaving the note. -J

 

[eluxca]

John, I ran across this very model about 12 years ago in a thrift store in Louisville. It looked great and was h e a v y, and deceptively quiet when it ran. Another collector was with me and he bought it - I bought a Hoover 825 sitting next to it. Those were good thrifting days!

John