What was you parents first vacuum!????

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Hoover Convertible Model 710

My parents bought their first vacuum back in 1969. It was Hoover Convertible Model 70. And, it was ferocious, at least to me. I was so afraid of it...Ron

 

[tazcatsdad]

<span style="font-size: small; font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">The first vacuum my Mom had when I was born was a '50s Kirby 511.  God, I wish I had that machine today!  She had it until sometime in the '70s when she got a Hoover Convertible U4005 from K-Mart.  That machine was so darned plain (blue snap bag, no headlight, no handle grip) that I actually despised it!  Now the only thing I have in my collection that's even REMOTELY close to it in plainness (is that a word?) is my 1020 Convertible.  Even though I was still kinda young, I didn't hesitate to let my Mom know that there WERE better choices out there.  But, at least she bought a Hoover.</span>


 


<span style="font-size: small; font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">She had the 4005 for almost 15 years, and then she began to get my castoffs -- starting with a Panasonic-made Kenmore Whispertone upright (which broke before it could get into my collection), then going to my Miele Powerhouse Plus S174i Upright and finally ending up with my Windsor Sensor SR12.
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[bagintheback]

My mom has told me that my Dad had a some type of an 90s Dirtdevil for awhile, died picking up kitty litter. I'm not certain what it was, but from what I'm told I think it was a Featherlite style machine. Then he got a white first gen Hoover Elite which also died by kitty litter. Then, when they got married in 1996, they went to Target and the got the Hoover Elite we had until 2004. Guess how that one died. Kitty litter! All of these vacuum were 90s machines and bought before I was born in 1997. My family has long vacuum-brand loyalty stories I can tell if anyone is interested.

 

[xraytech]

My mothers first vacuum was a Eureka 1428 upright purchased at Sears by her bridesmaids in 1984, she had paired with it a JCPenney badged PortaPower she bought with here employee discount. Since mother is very rough with vacuums the Eureka was replaced in 1987 by a Kenmore Lifestyle self-propelled, and that was replaced in 1989 by a Hoover Elite 200, I remember that being such a dissapointment since it was so plain in comparison to the Kenmore I had gotten used to, and it wasnt the Concept Two I begged for at Service Merchandise

 

[kirbyds80]

Don't remember...

I don't remember the model, but what i do remember is that it was some kind of old style Eureka upright that was white... That's all i remember because i was too little. However i remember after that we got a hard bagged Eureka The Boss World Vac, then another old school Eureka in a dark blue color, then we were given a Eureka ESP with a headlight which my dad uses that thing is cool. We had to replace the original bag since the zipper stripped out, Oh and i almost forgot my god mother gave me a Eureaka Powerline soft bag version, I loved that thing until one day she gave out for good .
And that's my 2 cents worth,
Jayson

 

[henry200]

My parents were married in 1947 but didn't own a vacuum cleaner until a couple years before I was born.  Their first vacuum was a factory rebuilt Hoover Special model 700, given to them by a friend in the early 50's. 

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

My parents married on June 6, 1969. But I don't know what vac they had before their marriage. I know sometime after their marriage, while they lived in Plymouth, WA, they had a gold-colored Hoover Slimline canister. They retained this when moving back to P-town in May of 1976.

But on November 7, 1978, my dad got himself into a deal with a Kirby salesman, representing the C & E Kirby Co. located on NE 72nd & Sandy. My mom strongly despised this course of action at the time, insisting the Kirby was old-fashioned-looking (think 1920s to 1940s) but my dad ultimately won out. This meant my parents relinquished the Slimline in favor of the Kirby Classic III, which was the first family vacuum I'd ever known.

~Ben

 

[gottahaveahoove]

My parents got married in June of 1958

The house, (this house) had a GE upright. Was awful, I'm told. My dad then bought the HOOVER 67 2 weeks before I was born. It's still here.

 

[markemark]

my grans was a beat 64 with a replace shake out bag but now is long gone

 

[djtaylor]

My parents were married in Feb. 1971. Their first vacuum was a disc shaped Hoover, suction only(don't know what model it was, it was long gone before I started my obsession). It was followed by a Hoover Convertible(also, I don't know the model... for the same reasons as before.) I do know that the Convertible was mom's birthday gift from dad and she did NOT appreciate it. Later came the Kirby Tradition, which mom agreed to buy when dad was out of town(he was a long-haul trucker)and could not object to the purchase.
No wonder they divorced. But the Tradition has lated to this day.
Justin

 

[vegaslux60]

My Folks first vacuum !

Hi Everyone! When my folks, Maryann & Walter were married in November 1942 (that was the first time when, they ran away! They were later married on Valentine's Day in 1943 in church to appease the family!) They had no vacuum and no car ! It was wartime and those luxuries were scarce. My Mom did have a Bissell carpet sweeper and in 1945, they bought a 1939 gray Oldsmobile! Their first vacuum cleaner was a Premier upright, purchased in a department store, in 1948. I do vaguely remember it being maroon and chrome. In 1952, new house....new vacuum! Electrolux model 60 with all the available goodies. That's the vacuum, I grew up with and loved ! Then, in 1959, the Premier literally fell apart one day in the middle of the livingroom carpet! I remember my Mom laughing! They went to Fallers furniture store and bought a new Hoover Convertible model 66 upright in that beautiful garland green color. Both served very well into the seventies when Mom purchased a 50th Golden Jubilee Electrolux, then in the eighties a Hoover Power Max with power drive. Read Mom's book as she mentions her Electrolux and other appliances a few times!

 

[westingman123]

Mama and Pop were married in 1950. It snowed on their wedding day--in March! When I came along, they had a Lewyt that Mama used daily until it burned up in the late 70's. It's the vac that started it all...

 

[edgar]

my parents first.

My parents first was me ;-)) and a long with it a Philips hr 6232 the left one in the pic.

greetz

 

[tolivac]

Kirby 511 or the model that was available in 1951.My Mom says the vacuum was bought in Ohio the year I was born-they moved from Mas. to Ohio that year-and a DTD salesman doing door knocking or "Van Campaigns" sold it to them.My Mom was mad at Dad when he used the Kirby's sprayer to spray varnish on paneling in a room he was remodling-he took the machine to Kirby for cleanup and refurbishing-after that he bought a Sears Craftsman air compressor and paint sprayer for his spraying jobs.Still looking for one of those Kirbys.It was lost in the Rapid City SD flood in 1972.The machine still worked-the tools were lost years before.

 

[electrolux~137]

 


 


 


<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">I have asked my mom about this. She said they had a "second-hand Royal tank" that they got from someone in their church when they were first married (in 1947 - yes, they've been married 64 years!!). </span>


 


<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva; font-size: medium;">She doesn't remember the model or anything about it except that it was "black." Then of course they got an Electrolux E-Automatic when she was pregnant with me. They did not get the cord winder, just the halo, but they did get the polisher, which has altered my life to this very day.</span>


 

 

[vacuumboy1993]

When my parents started living in the flat in 1988, my mother inherited grandma's Tornado TR11 Électronique, then in April 1993 when I was a baby she got a Vorwerk Kobold 121, and the old Tornado came back to my grandparent's house

 

[vacuumboy1993]

And...

mom's Vorwek Kobold 121

 

[countryguy]

My mom's first vacuum was a tank style but I don't know the make or model.  It had thick chrome runners, with a pointed black cone shape at each end.  The body was greenish/brown I think and cone shaped at each end.  The cones were black also.  There was a round push button on/off switch right behind the handle, removable cord and the hose inlet and exhaust were at an angle, about 45 degrees.  The hose had a screw type connector, was rubber I think, had a straight hose handle as both steel wands were curved.  There was a mop like floor tool as well as the standard brush style, rug nozzle, crevice tool, dusting brush and upholstery nozzle.  It had a shake out style bag.  I don't remember my mom actually owning it but I remember her telling me that she only had it for a very short time and then gave it to my grandmother after she bought a Filter Queen.  This would have been in the mid 1950s.   I remember my grand parents kept the hose and tools in a large canvas bag under my grandfather's bed and the vacuum was kept in a pillow case, also under the bed (there were no closets in the house).  I only got to use the vacuum a few times because then my mom bought my grandmother a Constellation model 86 or 88 (it was light blue in colour) for a Xmas gift.  After that my grandparents used the other vacuum just for cleaning out the pipes to the wood stove. 


 


Gary

 

[henry200]

cleaning out the pipes to the wood stove.....

Cough.  Cough.  Wheeeeeeeeze! 

 

[eurekaprince]

After they got married in 1947, my parents either received as a gift, or bought on their own, a brown General Electric cylinder vac - I think it was close to the Air-Flo AVT 150 models I have seen on the internet. When my fascination with vacs started as a toddler, I would play with the cloth-covered hose and attachments and pretend I was cleaning like Mom!

When my parents bought their turquoise Eureka Automatic Upright (similar to my profile photo but without the cord-reel), it came with a turquoise attachment set. I loved comparing the blue and brown tools from both vacs, and when I noticed that the GE tool set was missing a crevice tool like the Eureka had, I went hunting for a brown crevice tool in all the closets and drawers of the house and garage! Never did find it.....

Here's a very very close version of the GE vac: