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Post# 227839   4/11/2013 at 09:49 (4,004 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)        

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This is a shot of our 'changeable' section of the Vacuum Cleaner Museum in St. James, Missouri. I have decided that since Old Navy, Target, etc. are all doing Turquoise as the new Spring 2013 color, I should do the same. These are all late 1950's and 1960's vacuum cleaners - in Turquoise. They sure do get a lot of comments from visitors to the Museum.

Post# 227866 , Reply# 1   4/11/2013 at 10:58 (4,004 days old) by filterboy244 ()        

Love that turquoise.  makes the room more cheery :)


Post# 227867 , Reply# 2   4/11/2013 at 11:03 (4,004 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada)        

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Very nice! What make is the round cannister one th pedestal on the right with the electric broom in front of it?

Gary


Post# 227872 , Reply# 3   4/11/2013 at 11:38 (4,004 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)        

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That's a Water-Matic, made in Canada in the mid 1960's.

From left: Electrolux model CA (Commercial Automatic), General Electric Roll Easy, Electrolux model G, Air-Way model 88 Mark II with RugMasteR, Electrolux B8 (matches the model G), Water-Matic. In front row: Compact Electra model C-6, Hoover model 69, Kenmore "World's Fair" model (1958), Eureka electric broom.


Post# 227876 , Reply# 4   4/11/2013 at 11:51 (4,004 days old) by Electrolux137 (Los Angeles)        

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I =DO= love me some turquoise!! What a wonderful photo of a wonderful set of vacuum cleaners! :)

 

I have quite a few turquoise machines including a Hoover Constellation, several Johnson-Wax floor polishers, a Compact 25th anniversary model, Electrolux Model G (of course!), a Kenmore "upright tank on a cart," an Air-Way 88 and an 88 Mark II (white and turquoise), and probably a few others stuck away.

 

Here's my Hoover Constellation:


Post# 227878 , Reply# 5   4/11/2013 at 11:55 (4,004 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)        

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Gorgeous Constellation Charles: Love the turquoise.

Post# 227890 , Reply# 6   4/11/2013 at 12:18 (4,004 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)        

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Fun display, LOVE IT

Post# 227963 , Reply# 7   4/11/2013 at 18:13 (4,003 days old) by Vac_whisperer ()        

Turquoise has got to be my favorite out of all the bright colors that were popular in the 1950's. Eccellent picture.

Post# 228018 , Reply# 8   4/11/2013 at 20:54 (4,003 days old) by Brandon_W_T ()        

Turquoise is the best color!

Post# 228026 , Reply# 9   4/11/2013 at 22:13 (4,003 days old) by Paul (USA)        

Hi, Tom,

 

Your post is nothing short of (turquoise-colored) cool!  Someday I would like to own a turquoise Electrolux Model G, and your post has made me wish that that day would come very soon.  It's interesting to note that turquoise is back in fashion--at least to some degree.  I heard that my grandma's new 1955 kitchen was decorated in turquoise and pink (supposedly including corresponding colored appliances).  To my knowledge, turquoise has not been in vogue since the mid-1960s when coppertone brown, avocado green, and harvest gold took center stage. 

 

Thanks for posting.

 

Paul


Post# 228028 , Reply# 10   4/11/2013 at 22:20 (4,003 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)        

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Beautiful display!

However, there are not enough turquoise Eurekas in there!!!! The Eureka Williams line up in the 1960's seemed to be only turquoise.......:-)


Post# 228053 , Reply# 11   4/12/2013 at 02:40 (4,003 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)        

Really nice collection and display of turquoise vacuums-and they are in beautiful condition!!Love them all!Now if only Kirby would make a turquoise model and NSS make a turquoise M1 with a turquoise bag and hose!

Post# 228075 , Reply# 12   4/12/2013 at 08:12 (4,003 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)        

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I convinced our Painting Department at Tacony to make a Turquoise version of our SupraLite Riccar RSL-4. What's old is 'new' again. The light is reflecting off the little silver flecks in the paint - it really "pops" on the sales floor.

Post# 228082 , Reply# 13   4/12/2013 at 09:51 (4,003 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere)        

How about a Lux 1205? Nice turquoise on the 1205-era Luxes.

Post# 228092 , Reply# 14   4/12/2013 at 10:29 (4,003 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN)        
'lots of comments"

Here's another-Looks Great!-(But if you add more,remember the difference in turquoise and blue)-I noted today that I would like to see Palm Springs and should now add that I would only go if I could stop halfway and see THE museum.-Next display idea(free,if I get credit.haha)Manekins in flower fashions pushing flower bag Hoovers and pulling flower Sunbeams!

Post# 228199 , Reply# 15   4/13/2013 at 09:40 (4,002 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)        

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Sadly in the UK I wouldn't have anything with this colour. Whilst I think the colour is beautiful and classic, it reminds me too strongly of the horrible electric trike "Invacar" (thus inferring "invalid") that wheelchair users were given to become mobile with in the late 1970s to 1980s. My grandpa had one and though it was fun, it was the ugliest form of transport he'd ever owned and sadly I was a bit embarrassed to be seen in it.

Life was slightly better when he bought a rubber band CVT Daf/Volvo 66 GL.

The photo shown here gives a shot of our Queen trying to look impressed with the ugly Turquoise Invacar - no wonder she drives a Range Rover!


Post# 228264 , Reply# 16   4/13/2013 at 17:10 (4,001 days old) by massagemiracle ()        

Love that turquois!


Post# 228403 , Reply# 17   4/14/2013 at 19:23 (4,000 days old) by Paul (USA)        
Re: Jimmy's reply #14...

Jimmy's color comment about turquoise and blue got me curious about the difference.  If you're wondering about it, too, check out the following 411 about the comparisons/contrasts of turquoise, aqua, and teal.

 

 

In addition, Wikipedia offers this trivia:  Cyan--also known as aqua--may be used as the name of any color in the range between blue and green.  It is one of the colors used in four-color printing and can be substantially different depending on ink brand and formulation (mixture of red, green, and blue). 

 

Correspondingly, it seems to me that the cyan-colored Electrolux Model Gs may have been painted in at least two different shades in different years of production.  I would call the trim and attachment colors of said machines and the body color of the Electrolux Model 1205s as teal--based on the following information.   I'm not as familiar with other brands of cyan-colored appliances to know if they contained similar variances.  I wonder what the companies' original color names were--or if they all just used the term turquoise?  Regardless, any blue-green hue is cool and classic!

 

 

AQUA
The word itself comes from the Greek word kýanos (which we now call cyan), meaning blue. Aqua is considered a secondary color about half way between blue and green on the color wheel.

 

TURQUOISE

The word 'turquoise' is French and was first used to describe the gemstone commercialized by the Turkish (and now more identified with the American southwest). On the color wheel it is a green with blue tone and ranges from soft, pale colors to vibrant, intense shades.

 

TEAL

Teal is a low saturation color that is as often called teal-blue as it is teal-green. It is a moniker given by the English to a shade that replicates the color surrounding the eyes of a 'Teal Duck.' It incorporates black or gray pigment into the combination of blue and green to create a rich, warm and inviting color profile.
 

Post# 228410 , Reply# 18   4/14/2013 at 20:38 (4,000 days old) by massagemiracle ()        

This is the Vacuum I bought about a year ago. Identical to the Signature that my mother owned. Except with Firestone on it!


Post# 228448 , Reply# 19   4/15/2013 at 00:21 (4,000 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)        

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And there they are! Classic Eureka canisters made in the 1960's for Montgomery Wards and Firestone stores....such beautiful blue hoses and attachments! Thanks for posting!

North American Electrolux really should sell some vacs in these retro colours...can you imagine a suction-only Eureka Ultra canister with a classic separate Tool Caddy with Eureka's deluxe attachments? Or how about an all turquoise and white Eureka Smart Vac upright?


Post# 228555 , Reply# 20   4/15/2013 at 21:35 (3,999 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs)        
What Could Be More Fabulous

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In turquoise, but our own Ms. Tania, visiting Tarantula Arms!

Post# 228557 , Reply# 21   4/15/2013 at 21:44 (3,999 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        

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Turquoise Dream.

Three Roll-Easys with borth versions of tools, a ceramic Roll-Easy promotional vase and Turquoise running shoes.

 

Dave


Post# 228558 , Reply# 22   4/15/2013 at 21:48 (3,999 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        

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The promo vase says 'You're Rolling In Clover".

 

So I stuffed it with cloverleafs and flowers.

I've been forever looking for a plastic bunch of artificial clover at the craft shops but so far, no luck.


Post# 228595 , Reply# 23   4/16/2013 at 08:09 (3,999 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)        

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Looks great Dave. Love it all.

Post# 228607 , Reply# 24   4/16/2013 at 09:37 (3,999 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN)        
Did you take my vase when -

-you took a picture of my (old) post office?Just kidding,but to explain you posted a pic of an Indiana(?) post office that had to come from the same page of same plan book as ours.And in your pic if it were here and you looked around left corner you would see my shop.And now you have the only other 'rolling in clover'(money)vase I know of.Looks great!
ps-Has anyone ever found the TV ad for Roll-Easy.I have advertising book showing picture of both planning and filming such an ad.


Post# 228609 , Reply# 25   4/16/2013 at 09:47 (3,999 days old) by NYCWriter (New York City)        
Is Dave's photo "appropriate"?

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He's standing very suggestively ...

;)


Post# 228611 , Reply# 26   4/16/2013 at 09:54 (3,999 days old) by NYCWriter (New York City)        

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Post# 228696 , Reply# 27   4/16/2013 at 19:41 (3,998 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        

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Thanks for the explanation, Jimmy.

I've always wondered just what one would use such an odd (and beautifully unique) 'vase' for. Makes sense now it's for loose household change and car keys...

But to prevent chipping I still intend to stuff it with artificial clover since the clover from my lawn only lasts a day before wilting.

 

Dave

 

 


Post# 229572 , Reply# 28   4/22/2013 at 16:41 (3,992 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere)        

My entire Electrolux line-up from the 1205-era. This B8 shampooer/polisher is the one my parents bought new in 1970; the L & 1205 here are eBay finds. I also have 2 more 1205s (at my parents' house)


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