Vacuum Cleaners in Montgomery Wards & JCP Catalogs

[paul]

Courtesy of https://christmas.musetechnical.com

Most are Eurekas, Hoovers, and Lewyts. My focus was on uprights, canisters, and Power Teams. Some years had no catalog postings or only the Christmas Books—at least the ones I checked were devoid of floor care appliances.


Have a look & enjoy!


Montgomery Ward Signature Series:

1. 1962 Spring/Summer p. 786 - G-E R1 Roll-Easy styling in Candlelight Yellow & White finish & Eureka 260 styling in 2-Tone Blue finish

2. 1962 Spring/Summer p. 787 - Eureka-made Vibra-Beat in 2-Tone Blue finish & Others

3. 1964 Spring/Summer p. 1280 - Eureka & unknown canisters in 2-Tone Blue finish

4. 1964 Spring/Summer p. 1281 - Eureka-made Vacs in 2-Tone Blue or Blue & White finish

5. 1965 Spring/Summer p. 1116 - Eureka & Lewyt-made Vacs in 2-Tone Blue or Blue & White finish

6. 1965 Spring/Summer COLOR p. 1117 - Eureka-made Canisters in 2-Tone Blue finish

7. 1966 Fall/Winter p. 1176 - Eureka-made Vibra-Beat & Lewyt canisters in 2-Tone Blue finish

8. 1966 Fall/Winter p. 1177 - Eureka- & Lewyt-made Vacs in 2-Tone Beige, 2-Tone Blue or Blue & White finish

9. 1967 Spring/Summer p. 1020 - Eureka-made & Lewis canisters in 2-Tone Blue finish

10. 1967 Spring/Summer p. 1022 - Eureka-made Imperial & standard uprights in 2-Tone Beige & 2-Tone Blue finish

11. 1968 Spring/Summer p. 741 - Eureka-made canisters in 2-Tone Blue & 2-Tone Beige finish

12. 1968 Spring/Summer p. 742 - Eureka-made upriths & lightweight in 2-Tone Beige or 2-Tone Blue finish; Lewyt lightweight

13. 1970 Fall/Winter p. 1026 - Eureka-made canisters in 2-Tone Blue & Champagne finish

14. 1970 Fall/Winter p. 1027 - Eureka-made Vibra-Beat in 2-Tone Beige finish

15. 1970 Fall/Winter p. 1028 - Eureka-made Vacs in 2-Tone Beige finish

16. 1970 Fall/Winter p. 1029 - Lightweights, Hand-Vacs, Rug-Floor Conditioners in 2-Tone Beige & 2-Tone Blue finish

17. 1972 Spring/Summer p. 924 - Eureka-made canisters in Champagne Beige, Avocado-Gold, Avocado & 2-Tone Blue finish

18. 1972 Spring/Summer p. 925 - Eureka-made Fast-Vac styling

19. 1972 Spring/Summer p. 926 - Eureka-made uprights in 2-Tone Beige & & Beige trimmed in Green finish

 

[eurekaprince]

Wow! This is great, Paul! Thanks once again!

Just one correction: that first big wheel MW Signature canister was actually made by Westinghouse, not GE.

 

[paul]

Note: Hyphenated colors indicate the main color and trim combinations except for 'Gold-Tone'.

Montgomery Ward (continued):


1. 1975 Fall/Winter p. 1046 - Eureka-made canisters & powerheads in Fawn Beige, Beige, & Rallye Gold

2. 1975 Fall/Winter p. 1047 - Eureka-made canisters & Power Teams in Gold, Beige, Fawn Beige & Venetian Beige

3. 1975 Fall/Winter p. 1048 - Eureka-made uprights in Rallye Gold, Fawn Beige & Venetian Beige

4. 1977 Spring/Summer p. 832 - Eureka-made Fast-Vac styling & powerheads in Fawn Beige

5. 1977 Spring/Summer p. 833 - Eureka-made canisters & Power Teams in Rallye Gold, Gold & Beige

6. 1977 Spring/Summer p. 834 - Eureka-made uprights in Rallye Gold & Gold

7. 1980 Fall/Winter COLOR p. 976 - Eureka-made Fast-Vac style w-Power II nozzle in Hot Fudge

8. 1980 Fall/Winter p. 978 - Eureka-made uprights in Hot Fudge-Frosted White

9. 1980 Fall/Winter p. 979 - Eureka- & Hoover-made Vacs in Ginger, Fawn Beige, Beige, & Burgundy-White

10. 1980 Fall/Winter p. 977 - Eureka-made canisters & Power Teams in Ginger, Hot Fudge, Beige, & Tan

11. 1982 Spring/Summer p. 748 - Eureka-made uprights in Vanilla-Spice

12. 1982 Spring/Summer p. 749 - Eureka- & Hoover-made uprights in Vanilla, Spice, & Oyster White-Chocolate

13. 1982 Spring/Summer p. 750 - Eureka-made Power Teams & canisters in Vanilla-Spice, & Beige

14. 1982 Spring/Summer COLOR p. 751 - Eureka-made Fast-Vac style w-Power II nozzle in Vanilla-Spice

15. 1984 Fall/Winter p. 734 - Eureka- & Hoover-made uprights in Pale Honey-Chocoloate Brown, Vanilla-Spice, & Tobacco-Sunset

16. 1984 Fall/Winter p. 735 - Eureka-made Vacs

17. 1984 Fall/Winter p. 736 - Eureka- & Hoover-made canisters in Vanilla-Spice, Tangerine-Cream, & Vanilla-Gold

18. 1985 Fall/Winter p. 111 - Lightweights & Canisters in High-Tech Grey & unidentified

19. 1985 Fall/Winter p. 113 - Eureka Power Teams in Tobacco-Sunset & Vanilla-Spice

20. 1985 Fall/Winter p. 112 - Eureka & Hoover uprights in Vanilla-Spice, Cream-Terra Cotta, Tobacco-Sunset, Honey-Chocolate

 

[paul]

Penney's Penncrest & Penncraft—1963-71; JCP—1972-84:

1. 1963 Fall/Winter p. 998 - Eureka & Lewyt canisters in 2-Tone Rose & Beige, 2-Tone Blue

2. 1963 Fall/Winter p. 999 - G-E C-10 - green-white, C-11 - 2-Tone Brown-White, C-100 Canister-Upright; Hoover 33 - White-Lavender

3. 1963 Fall/Winter p. 1001 - Bissell , Shetland, Handy, Hamilton-Beach Lightweights & Hand Vacs; Regina Electrik-Brooms in 2-Tone Blue & Coral Rose

4. 1968 Christmas Book - Toy Vacuum Cleaners

5. 1969 Fall/Winter - Penncraft Shop & Home Vacuum Cleaners & Grinders

6. 1969 Fall/Winter - Penncrest - Eureka canisters & Hoover Constellation in Gold-White & Gold-Off White

7. 1971 Fall/Winter - in Harvest Gold, Blue-White, Avocado Green, Poppy-White, Gold-White & Gold

8. 1979 Fall/Winter p.1187 - Lightweights & Canisters in Brown, Orange, Gold, Green, & Blue

9. 1979 Fall/Winter p.1188 - descriptions of Eureka-made canisters on p.1189

10. 1979 Fall/Winter p.1189 - Eureka-made canisters in Dark Brown, Chestnut, Buckskin & Tan

11. 1980 Spring/Summer p. 947 - Hoover Uprights & Broom Vacs in Black, Copper Brown, Burgundy-White, Blue, Beige, & Green

12. 1980 Spring/Summer - Eureka canisters in Blue, Orange, & Burgundy

13. 1981 Spring/Summer p. 918 - Eureka canisters & Power Teams in Dark Brown, Brown metallic, Gold, Yellow, & Tan

14. 1981 Spring/Summer - p. 919 - Eureka canisters in Blue, Burgundy, Orange, & Gray-White

15. 1981 Spring/Summer p. 920 - Hoover-made vacuums in blue, light blue, copper brown & green

16. 1982 Spring/Summer p. 910 - Eureka canisters in Dark Brown Metallic, Brown, Gold-Tone, Yellow & White

17. 1983 J Spring/Summer p.1082 - Hoover uprights in Brown-Almond, Copper Brown & Beige-Brown

18. 1983 Spring/Summer p. 1084 - Eureka canisters in Brown; Hoover canisters in unlisted colors

19. 1983 Spring/Summer p. 1085 - Eureka canisters in Brown & Beige; portable vac in 2-Tone Gray; Lightweight in Copper & Bissell carpet sweepers in Gray, Gold & unlisted

20. 1984 Fall/Winter p. 1090 - Eureka & Hoover Power Teams & canister

 

[paul]

JCP—1986-92

1. 1986 Spring/Summer Catalog p. 816

2. 1986 Spring/Summer Catalog p. 817

3. 1986 Spring/Summer Catalog p. 818

4. 1990 Fall/Winter Catalog p. 964

5. 1990 Fall/Winter Catalog p. 965

6. 1990 Fall/Winter Catalog p. 966

7. 1990 Fall/Winter Catalog p. 967

8. 1990 Fall/Winter Catalog p. 968

9. 1990 Fall/Winter Catalog p. 969

10. 1992 Spring/Summer Catalog p. 818

11. 1992 Spring/Summer Catalog p. 819

12. 1992 Spring/Summer Catalog p. 820

13. 1992 Spring/Summer Catalog p. 821

14. 1992 Spring/Summer Catalog p. 822

15. 1992 Spring/Summer Catalog p. 823

16. 1992 Spring/Summer Catalog p. 824

17. 1992 Spring/Summer Catalog p. 825

 

[bnsd60m9200]

correct to #1 thats a Westinghouse mobile speed, not a roll easy

 

[paul]

Thanks, Brian (reply #1) and Will (reply #5)!

My knowledge of Westinghouse is slim—I'd never heard of a Mobile Speed before. Which came first—it or the Roll-Easy?

 

[paul]

Canister Manufacturer—Initial Post, photo 2

Who made those at the bottom of the page?

 

[paul]

Westinghouse 1958 newspaper ad

1958 Nov 21 PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE - Models LC-2, MC-1, SC-3

Guessing that the canisters in photo 2 were Westinghouses?

 

[paul]

G-E Roll-Easy & Roll-Around

Found my answer to which was first—the Roll-Easy (1956) or Mobile-Speed (1957); and I even discovered the colors.

Newspaper Ads:

1. 1956 Nov 2 SPOKESMAN-REVIEW G-E Roll-Around (C-3) in Coral and Roll-Easy (R-1) in Aqua

2. 1957 Dec 10 PORTSMOUTH TIMES - Westinghouse Mobile Speed MC-1

3. 1958 Apr 30 READING EAGLE - Westinghouse Mobile Speed MC-1 in Beige or Dark Brown

 

[eurekaprince]

That Westinghouse Mobile Speed has a neat design that allows the user to sit it securely on a stair on it’s flat side. Very cool!

Thanks again for all these catalogue scans, Paul! If you want to add another set of similar Eurekas from the 1960’s and 1970’s, try to find online versions of the Canadian Eaton’s catalogues, including their large Christmas editions. There you will see all of these Eurekas branded with the Eaton Viking name.

 

[paul]

Glad you are enjoying the catalog pages, Brian; I figured you would be one of the interested parties!

I sure would do the same for Eaton's catalogs but was unable to find a single site like the one I used for MW & JCP. In fact, I was only able to find partial uploads of some editions here and there. Please send me the link.

 

[paul]

Hey Brian,

I found an old thread with some 1975 and 1976 Eaton's Eureka catalog pages:

https://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?10163

 

[paul]

Service Merch. Catalog page—Eureka-Sunbeam-Hoover Canisters

From 1976—Eureka colors are identified as Ginger, Orange, & Gold

 

[paul]

More 1976 Service Merchandise

I found the entire catalog with more vacs at Internet Archive:

1. Pp. 94-95

2. Pp. 96-97

 

[paul]

1978 Service Merch. Pre-Christmas Tru-Specials

Pp. 30X-31X—Regina Electric-Broom F5538; Hoover Concept One U3101 & Celebrity II Deluxe S3061

 

[paul]

Re: Reply #14 Catalog pp. model numbers

For future model number searches ...

P. 95: Bissell models: 2601-A Genie Sweeper, Electrofoam Carpet Shampooer 3054-B; Sunbeam model: 43-98 Power-4; Regina model: 5639 3-Speed Electrik-Broom, 2628 2-Speed Electric-Broom; Eureka Model-Type: 1267-A Deluxe Power Team (Spring Yellow?)

P. 96: Eureka Model-Types: 1419-A (Gold with Mod bag cover design like non-lighted Gold Model 2010-RY), 2048-A (2044-A with Edge Kleeners); Hoover models: U5015 Dial-A-Matic & U6041 Dial-A-Matic Power-Drive, U4037 Convertible; Sunbeam model: 41-28 2-Speed Deluxe Heavy-Duty upright

P. 97: Eureka Canister Model-Types: 513-A, 773-A, 713-A, 1663-A, 1833-A; Hoover model: S3003 Celebrity (version 1; version 2 has a Cinnamon lid); Sunbeam models: 40-58 Deluxe round canister, 40-22 value vacuum, 40-168 Challenger

 

[paul]

Dolgin's 1980 Spring/Summer Catalog

Dolgin's is a jeweler in Overland Park, Kansas.

Models include:

Hoover—

U3101 Concept One with Power Drive
U4119 Convertible
U4103-001 Deluxe (Elite) Convertible
U4201 Concept One
S3141 Celebrity IV Elite
S3129 Celebrity III Deluxe


Eureka—

1453-B Dial-A-Nap upright
2088-A Dial-A-Nap upright with ESP
1278-A Roto-Matic Power Team

 

[keither]

Hyperlinks to JCP and MW Inaccessible

Hi Paul

Im currently unable to access the hyperlinks to any of the catalogs you've shared here on VLand. Great idea and my god...it's like being in a candy store!