Western Auto Hoover Celebrity

[ozhoover]

Hi all...

Here's the WA Celebrity I won on ebay a few weeks back, it's in great condition looks like it has seen little use

So how many retailers did Hoover make machines for, I know of Sears, Pennys, Wards are there any others ?

Mark

 

[ozhoover]

Inside shot very clean

 

[ozhoover]

and the floor tool

 

[rugsucker]

my former Wesern Auto

Glad you like machine and condition.Do you have other WA?Just remembered a Hoover Swingette type with hose in doctors office to vacuum dust when cast for broken bones is cut off.Don't know if it was Hoover or private label.Anyone?

 

[gottahaveahoove]

a great vacuum...great suction!

Kind of like a smushed down Connie. Great hose, too.... not like the pool filter stuff out now. Sadly, too many 'other names' on these great machines.
John

 

[1926700]

well to awnser your qestion on wards and penneys...

Wards sold Eureka products pretty much only until the late and mid 80's. JCPenneys did Hoover products and Eureka canisters until the late 80's. Sears, was exclusively Whirlpool made machines to Kenmores specs, until Whirlpool sold their Vacuum division to Panasonic in the early 90's, but tin 1989 1990 and 1991 they did start selling name brands. Hoover had their special High Performance line for Sears. which had two Convertible type machines and a Concept. until the late 80's most company just private labeled name brand machines so that they appeared to be "made" by that catalog company.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Here's the low down:

JCPenney first began selling "real" Hoovers and Eurekas - rather than those equivalents with the JCP label - in 1985. I know my JCP Spring/Summer 1984 catalog still had the JCP-branded versions.

If anyone has a JCP Spring/Summer 1985 catalog to confirm the transition, please let me know.

Wards? I'd say around 1988, because I remember their last branded take on Eureka's Roto-Matic 1700 series was a purplish-blue color.

~Ben

 

[1926700]

and ben.....

let me add in and around 1985 there was kinda i in between for Wards. wards did this "Montgomery Wards By: Hoover or Eureka" but were still pretty much private labeled. thank you Ben for the exact years..=)...i appreciate it. your one of the few that are still helpful on here....

 

[danny]

Hi I am Danny from ontario canada Hamilton that is a store callde the Bay had.
Eureca under the moniker of Bewmark Danny.

 

[danny]

Danny here from hamilton ontario canada Etons had the Eureca under the viking.
Name in the 70s.