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National Geographic TV Show - Vacuum Collectors |
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Post# 233042 , Reply# 1   5/17/2013 at 17:14 (3,990 days old) by ilikeoddvacuums ()   |   | |
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if it was a whole show about vac collectors THEN i would be intrested |
Post# 233063 , Reply# 2   5/17/2013 at 21:58 (3,990 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB)   |   | |
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Post# 233257 , Reply# 3   5/19/2013 at 17:54 (3,988 days old) by tazcatsdad (Buffalo, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 233318 , Reply# 4   5/20/2013 at 10:29 (3,987 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 233322 , Reply# 5   5/20/2013 at 11:22 (3,987 days old) by thekirbylover (Warrington, cheshire )   |   | |
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Post# 233331 , Reply# 6   5/20/2013 at 12:30 (3,987 days old) by beko1987 (Stokenchurch, United Kingdom)   |   | |
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But after reading your other post about collectors outside the US |
Post# 233494 , Reply# 7   5/21/2013 at 20:01 (3,986 days old) by pnluxconvlvr (Georgia)   |   | |
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Post# 233503 , Reply# 8   5/21/2013 at 22:14 (3,986 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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I've seen a few documentories that are not correct with facts, and one or two that put us down. If this is going to cover the History Of the Vacuum Cleaner, promote the V.C.C.C. and or Vacuum Land then I'm for it, but there has to be a positive attitude. Since I own the oldest known vacuum cleaner that dates back to 1869, and several early electric machines, pictured below. They date from 1890 to 1911. I would be mildly interested. As for the V.C.C.C., I'm the man who did the groundwork, and along with John Lucia, founded the club. As for the history of the V.C.C.C., that began on January 2, 1983, with our first group meeting in May of 85.
Please feel free to contact me at Ralextaber@gmail.com for more info. I have a number of V.C.C.C. newsletters and related info. I also know the real facts of the club and history of the early vacuum cleaner. Hope to hear from you. Robert Alexander Taber. |
Post# 233505 , Reply# 9   5/21/2013 at 22:34 (3,986 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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The Whirlwind was a wooden upright with a cloth bag, and was operated by a hand crank. The source of suction was a fan turned by a drive wheel and pully. It was invented by Ives W. Mc'Gaffy. Patent date June 8, 1869. Place of invention was Chicago, but manufactured by The American Carpet Cleaning Company of Boston. The Whirlwind weighed about 10 pounds and cost $25.00 (a steep price in 1869)! Because of the Great Chicago Fire in October 1871, most of the Whirlwinds were lost. Then Boston had a fire in 1872. There are only three known Whirlwinds. The Hoover Historical Center in North Canton, Ohio did have one, there's mine, and one owned by another collector. Pictured here is mine. The other pictures are when the V.C.C.C. toured Hoover in 1994, and my looking at the other Whirlwind. The newspaper article is on my Whirlwind.
Robert Alexander Taber. |