chuffle
Well-known member
While my Kirbys take pride of place here in the office...
...my GE "Reach-Easy" Swivel Top canister should be listed here. Though I purchased this machine from a seller on eBay about ten years ago, it is the same model that my parents had after they got married in 1954 - and the machine that I can remember playing with as a toddler (I even have old black and white photos of me and the vacuum). My parents' GE was in use until they bought their Kirby Classic in 1970 (when they had avocado plush wall to wall carpeting laid on the first floor).
I should polish the swivel top, the canister has a few scratches here and there, and the attachment dolly is missing its rubber bumper, but all in all, it has held up better than I have, and we are about the same age.
This vac, plus its hose and attachments, live in its storage chest in my bedroom.
Joe

...my GE "Reach-Easy" Swivel Top canister should be listed here. Though I purchased this machine from a seller on eBay about ten years ago, it is the same model that my parents had after they got married in 1954 - and the machine that I can remember playing with as a toddler (I even have old black and white photos of me and the vacuum). My parents' GE was in use until they bought their Kirby Classic in 1970 (when they had avocado plush wall to wall carpeting laid on the first floor).
I should polish the swivel top, the canister has a few scratches here and there, and the attachment dolly is missing its rubber bumper, but all in all, it has held up better than I have, and we are about the same age.
This vac, plus its hose and attachments, live in its storage chest in my bedroom.
Joe
