I just won one of these off of Ebay... It came yesterday and I must say it is a pretty neat old vacuum... But I still like my mom's model 28...Maybe not to many of these 825's around.. It was only manufactured from 1935 to 1936.....
First cleaner anyone in my family ever owned! My great-grandfather won a load of money, and the first thing he bought was a gold watch and a brand new Hoover 825 with dusting tools as gifts for my great-grandma! He must have won a considerable amount of money, because the 825 was the most expensive of the 3 upright models Hoover were making at the time, and cost the equivalent of £1080 in modern currency!
My great-grandparents died when my grandma was 18, and she inherited both the gold watch and the Hoover 825. She still wears the watch today - the 825 soldiered on until the mid-1970s, when she decided that after 40 years of flawless service, she wanted a modern Hoover with disposable bags and bought a Junior 1346A. The 825, still going strong, was given to a neighbour.
Hi Alex I love your Hoover also your Kitchen is beatiful my wife would love that. What do you think of the 1935 Kirby that was sold on e-bay for 1248.00. Take care Doug
I also have a Concept One I like a lot, but it doesn't match the color scheme of these. I have full attachments for them all except the Convertible. I need a hose for it, then I can share the rest of the attachments from the DAM.
@dysonman1 I was wondering how much that 1910 hoover senior weighs. One of my listed dream machines is either a hoover model 0 or something similar actually because of the machines weight, that is my personal reason for wanting such machine.
Thank you very much for the info.
The 1910 Senior weighs about 65 pounds. A lot of that is due to the sand casting of the aluminum housing, very thick walls. Most women who see this at The Vacuum Cleaner Museum in St. James, Missouri cannot pick it up.
THe Hoover Celebrity its the vacuum my mom use to have it was the early model air ride but mine had weels and a power head .Also the i love the dial a matic upright so convenient and also the dimension 1000 whit the quadra flex power head and control on the hose whti variable speed . and of course the convertibles seires and the grand Model O . and the concept one .