What was you parents first vacuum!????

[KirbyCollector01]

My great Grandmother's first vacuum was an Electrolux Model XXX back in the late 40s or early 50s. My grandmother's first vacuum was a Hoover Model 28. My parent's first vacuum was a Hoover Sprint (elite style machine) as a wedding gift.

 

[crazykirbydude]

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[tolivac]

The first vacuum I know of is a Kirby that was bought from a DTD salesman in 1951 the year I was born.My Dad used the sprayer attachment to spray varnish or something on wall paneling and it got all over the new Kirby.My Mom said she was furious about the new vacuum getting messed up.so Dad bought his first air compressor from Sears to use for spraying and then took the Kirby to the Ohio Kirby place where they cleaned it up.the machine got lost in the Rapid City flood in 1972.Used that machine to clean my room and the hosue when my turn came up on the duty roster.My stepmom had a pink Wheelbarrow Kenmore canister that we used with the Kirby.The Kirbys tools got lost many years ago.Figure the Kirby they would have bought would have been a 510-511?Would like to get one.My Stepmom said she bought the Kenmore in 1958.Was a neat vacuum.

 

[turbo500]

My Mum first got married in 1974 to her first husband, so I don't know what her first vacuum was. She didn't marry my Dad until 1988 and at the time had a Hoover Turbopower U2332

 

[durango159]

My parents had a 1970's Hoover Celebrity II Elite canister for the main floor of the home. The second floor had a Pickles model Convertible from the Condiment series. They also had a Black and Decker DustBuster.

 

[texaskirbyguy]

This is a great thread!

Love seeing and reading all of the history here...

My mom's first vacuum that she owned was a Kirby Dual Sanitronic 50, bought new in October 1965. My dad believed in buying the best of everything then, so I am sure he was responsible for the purchase. And like the other stuff he bought back at that time - the Zenith color TV, the Lawn-Boy mower, the Kenmore sewing machine, the Toastmaster toaster, etc, the Kirby is still in routine service. She has the rug renovator and original paperwork to go with it.
I was scared of the Kirby when I was little and used it when I was older - I thought it was a great machine. While still running okay today, the bearings are getting noisy and the armature is heavily grooved. I will be restoring it this fall as a Christmas gift to her. Therefore this Kirby will be her first - and last - vacuum!
Here are a few pics of it from last month when I was evaluating it. The scratches were from me trying to get it under my bed!

 

[delores]

My folks married in 51, my mom's first vacuum was a two-tone green GE swivel-
top with the gray cloth hose. It came with a box to store it in. The hose was stored in the lid. My mom died when I was 6 two years later, my stepmom had an Electrolux Automatic with the halo. I have several GEs including one NOS. Pictures to follow.