Vintage Central Vacuums

[andy]

22

 

[andy]

23

 

[andy]

24

 

[andy]

25

 

[andy]

26

 

[andy]

27

 

[andy]

28

 

[andy]

29

 

[andy]

30

 

[andy]

31

 

[andy]

32

 

[swingette]

Bless you, John and Andy, for posting these!

 

[briankirbyclass]

Yes, thanks so much for posting this,,,very interesting reading!

 

[portable]

Andy -

I loved this last pamphlet. I recognized the Battle Creek Sanitarium (Michigan). Wonder if it's still there? I like the tool lockers, too. I wonder if GE was involved with the Spencer at all?

 

[vintagehoover]

Battle Creek Sanitarium

When was the second Spencer booklet printed? I ask because in around 1912/13, Hoover were using the Battle Creek Sanitarium in their advertising booklets as an example of a building fitted with a central vac who had abandoned it in favour of The Hoover!

 

[rugmaster37]

Battle Creek Sanitarium...

It's still there. Parts of it anyway. The last addition is the picture you see beliow that was completed in the early 1930's. If you interested in the history of such things, and how far we've come as a society with health care...the link will be you're cup of tea also.

Here's a fairly recent shot of the Sanitarium as it sits downtown BC.

Huh...had NO idea that this whole works had anything to do with the invention of Kellogg's cereal.

I searched and sifted thru all the pic's..not even a shot of the central vac outlets on the walls or floors.


Chad


Ann Arbor Michigan

http://www.dlis.dla.mil/FederalCenter/Sanyears.asp

 

[briankirbyclass]

Isnt the movie "Road to Wellville" kind of a spoof about the Battle Creek Sanitarium?
I remember reading once that Dr. Kellogg (who the cereal company is named after?) was either the founder or, had something to do with this place.

 

[rugmaster37]

I guess most of it is still there!!!

I find that amazing that only the powerhouse was torn down at some point. I'm epecially intrigued by the fact that the pre 1930's part of Sanitarium is still standing, this was built in 1903. So it stands to reason that the building may still have central vacuum bits still in it. It's possible then, that the original system, while disconnected, may still be lurking in the bowels of that huge complex...


Hopefully this Google Earth pic shows up well....

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v...191915&scene=-1&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1

 

[andy]

Jack

This booklet was printed in the late teen's, I'm pretty sure.

 

[portable]

Hey Chad and Brian -

If the movie "The Road to Wellville" is to be believed, Dr. Kellogg was one crazy loon, obsessed with "bowel cleansing". In the movie, a terrible fire consumes most of the grounds, but I have no idea if that ever happened or not. The old structure(s) was made mostly of wood. I should take a gander at Jack's link that he put up.