What is a vacuana??

[clarkecombi]

looks old and valuble?

http://cgi.ebay.com/VACUNA-1919-VAC...yZ115993QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[collector2]

here's a 1914 ad for it

 

[truckerx]

Who named that thing ??

LOL!.....the first thought that came to my mind was that a VACUANA might be a large lizard that sucks! (pun intended)D

 

[collector2]

Maybe a combination of VACUUM and big KAHUNA???

 

[appliguy]

Believe it or not there is one fpr sale on ebay right now

here is the link...what a coincidence

http://cgi.ebay.com/VACUNA-1919-VAC...39:1|66:2|65:12|240:1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

 

[petek]

Interesting how in the ad they are comparing how much better it is than a central vac... no long cumbersome hose to drag around and mar furniture, no ripping out walls to get at clogs etc...
I always think of central vacs as a modern invention even though they aren't. Obviously back then it was only the wealthy that had central vacs and Vacunas as well.

 

[collector2]

lol - central vacs go back to about 1903/4. We have a few houses here in town that were built around 1912 and had them. They have new machines now but still the same piping and outlets.

 

[truckerx]

I would wonder....

just how many bids it will get? C'mon guys, it's a rarity! LOL