Vintage Vacuum in the Smithsonian
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That's the model "0", the 1st. You know the story about ( distant relative), Murray spangled. The besutiful one that graced the modern, " international building" in N Canton was sent to a desler.... to keep it from going to tti. But,it was sold back to them... the very thing the Hoover Company tried to prevent. I saw it, when I was at this. Retired Hoover employees went wild, upon learning this... needless to say... persona non grata now. They realize, now, that they should have sent it to the Historical Center. Although, they have several. As well as one in The Mc Kinley Museum.
I meant Murray spangler. As a child, I remember "Grace Spangler" visiting my grandmother. She was also her maid on honor. I learned, later, that she was her cousin. The Spanglers started out in Pittsburgh, pa. They relocated to Ohio. But, that's a nice model O.
It was Mr. Doug Gerber. He did many jobs at Hoover, when it was still The Hoover Company. He worked hard to keep the lobbyists O out of Tti's possession, and, thought it was secure. He, along with others, hit the roof upon the news. Never again.We'll, we live, and, we learn.
I meant lobby item. Lobbyists keeps creeping up. Sorry.
TO ALL VACUUMLAND MEMBERS I HAD TO GIVE UP MY ENTIRE COLLECTION TO TTI FLOORCARE IN FEBUARY OF 2012 BEACUSE DUE TO THE HOOVER CORD REEL RECALL FOR WHICH I WAS THE ONLY HOOVER FACTORY AUTHORIZED WARRANTY DEALER TO REPLACE THE NEW AND UPDATED CORD REELS I WAS OVERWHELMED WITH THE AMOUNT THAT CAME IN ....PEOPLE DID NOT EVEN EMPTY THEM BEFORE THEY BROUGHT THEM HERE FOR SERVICE ...THE END RESULT IN MY FULLY CARPETED SHOWROOM I ENDED UP WITH A MASSIVE FLEA INFESTATION WHICH INSURANCE DID NOT COVER THERE FORE I HAD TO HAVE ALL THE CARPETING REMOVED AND HARD FLOORING INSTALLED AFTER HAVING MY STORE TREATED SEVERAL TIMES . THIS NIGHTMARE WAS DEVASTING TO ME PHYSICALLY MENTALLY AND FINANCIALLY LEAVING ME WITH A 20,000.00 BILL WHEN ALL WAS SAID AND DONE ....TTI KNOWING MY COLLECTION DUE TO THEIR EXECUTIVE TEAM COMING HERE AS WE REBUILT THE HOOVER DIVISION TOGETHER AS I HAVE HAD AND CONTINUE TO DO THESE PAST 18 PLUS YEARS MADE ME AN OFFER FOR MY ENTIRE AND EXTENSIVE COLLECTION IN EXCHANGE FOR GETTING MY STORE BACK IN ORDER TO OFF SET THIS FINANCIAL DEVASTATION SO FROM THE MODEL O TO THE SEARS FINAL CONVERTIBLES FROM THE HOOVER VAULT FROM 1992 IT IS NOW IN THEIR HANDS ....THEY NOW HAVE A COMPLETE HISTORY OF HOOVER PRODUCT INCLUDING THE VAULT UNITS THAT TTI GAVE TO ME BACK IN 2007 AND THE UNITS AND THE CONVERTIBLES YOU SEE IN MY SHOWROOM WERE THE PRIVATE COLLECTION I KEPT AT HOME .....THAT IS WHY TTI HAS THE HOOVER NORTH CANTON MODEL O ON DISPLAY IN THEIR FLORIDA HEAD QUARTERS ALONG WITH THE HOOVER SALESMAN BRIEFCASE ALSO GIVEN TO ME BY OUR THEN HOOVER NC VP CHARLIE PIPYAK IN HONOR OF MY 30TH ANNIVERSARY WHEN I RECEIVED MY BELOVED MODEL O WHICH RAN PERFECTLY THAT IS WHY I HAD TO GIVE IT UP AND NOT DESCRIBED ABOVE ...MY ENTIRE LIFE THESE PAST 56 YEARS HAS BEEN DEVOTED TO HOOVER FROM THE HOOVER FAMILY WHO DISCOVERED ME THROUGH THEIR VP RJ SNYDER TO THE CHICAGO PACIFIC RAILROAD TO MAYTAG TO WHIRLPOOL TO TTI ....HOOVER NORTH CANTON AND THE MEN I DELT WITH THROUGH MY TEENAGE YEARS AND YOUNG ADULT YEARS ARE STILL DEAR FRIENDS AND I TREASURE THEM ALL
IF I AM THE THEY YOU ARE REFERING TO AND THAT I AM PERSONA NON GRATA TO BAD .....DONT YOU EVER SPEAK FOR ME YOU HAVE NOT SET FOOT IN MY STORE SINCE DECEMBER OF 2012 NOR HAVE I SPOKEN TO YOU IN PERSON SINCE ....AS FOR REGRETS I WILL START WITH KNOWING YOU FOR TEN YEARS 2002 TO 2012 SECONDLY......AS FOR HAVING TO GIVE UP MY MODEL O I BELIEVE TTI SHOULD HAVE IT FOR THEY DO OWN HOOVER FOR ALMOST 2 DECADES AND HAVE ALLOWED THE HOOVER BRAND TO GO FORWARD AFTER MAYTAG DESTROYED IT AND WHIRLPOOL HAD NO CHOICE TO SELL IT TO TTI TO OFF SET THE 67 MILLON DOLLAR DEBT THAT MAYTAG GENERATED AS THEY DESTOYED THE HOOVER BRAND ....YOU AND YOUR CIRCLE IN NORTH CANTON CAN HATE ME FOR GIVING TTI MY HOOVER KNOWLEDGE , PRODUCT HISTORY AND EXPERTISE AND IDEAS BUT ITS THAT VERY KNOWLEGE AND HISTORY WITH THE TTI TEAM THAT KEEPS HOOVER ALIVE IN TODAYS VACUUM MARKET PLACE IN THE PRESENT AND GROUNDED IN REALITY SO HOOVER CAN SURVIVE
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AND THAT IS HOW TTI GOT THE MODEL O FROM MY COLLECTION AND IT IS KEPT SAFE IN A TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED ENVIROMENT ALONG WITH MY ENTIRE COLLECTION THAT WILL LIVE ON LONG AFTER I AM GONE AND NOT END UP IN A DUMPSTER
cheesewonton
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I'm going to donate my collection to the Museum of Clean eventually so it can live on.
Some of mine are going to friends. Some of my things may end up at the Hoover Historical Society. Some people have put " dibs" on things. The rest......
cheesewonton
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I only have a handful of pretty mundane Hoover products aside from a comparatively rare Electronic 1000. I don't think my Hushtone is collectible but it sure is useful ( and that comes from a canister guy who usually calls uprights "upwrongs" ). Most of what I have there are no historical societies for because my collection is so, um, weird. Kenmore, Panasonic, Eureka, Swedish Electroluxes ( Japanese models that run on US house current ), US Electroluxes but nothing special or unique from Electrolux, Samsung including Samsung made Bissell, Singer and Black & Decker models, some old Compacts and Tristars ( including some from Japan with Japanese labeling which is cool ), Tristar copies like Miracle Mate, Airstorm/Patriot, Ghibli Vortech, Haley's Comet, various Singer canisters and their sort of exotic Quantum upright ( my "choral section") . Also a bunch of power nozzle canister vacuums I bought in Japan from Sanyo, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Hitachi, Toshiba and a new in the box Amway canister vacuum. Yes Amway was selling a canister vacuum in Japan. No idea who made it but a nice piece of equipment. The Japanese stuff is like a parallel universe of vacuums. Tiny but HUGE power. Vorwerk, Sebo and Miele too. Naturally a Kirby. Can't call yourself a serious collector without a Kirby or a Miele. You just can't. Don't like or use either much but there you are. Orphans and oddballs are what I collect.
That's all good. Recently, I was diagnosed with cancer. Some actually insisted I made that up!!! WHY would ANYONE do that? They've actually already asked for things!. I do need to " clean up loose ends" regarding a few cleaners. I have 20+ cleaners from the Hoover " vault", a.k.a. " models and samples ". I'll post pics of them all together, when I can.
cheesewonton
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Ah, cancer. Most now are treatable especially if diagnosed early, some not so much. Hope yours is the former and you can have a lot more years with us.
I am finishing up a big garage in our back yard where I can properly display my collection, along with some motorcycles and restored vintage Audi. When that is done I can make some beauty photos of the collection for all to enjoy. Might even do an on line museum sort of thing. The project is so far above the original budget you would think it was a major Pentagon weapons program ! Electrical bit me in the backside. Hard ! Over $20 grand just for electrical work including a 400 amp main panel on the house and $7 grand just to run electricity from the main panel on the house out to the garage. And I didn't go with steel conduit and steel junction boxes like I had my house built with. Romex and plastic junction boxes this time. Still have fire sprinklers, insulation, drywall and lighting to go. At least the lighting will be cheap : / Plans for an auto hoist are going to have to wait but a motorcycle hoist and tire changing machine are mandatory !
