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Thread Number: 30536
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
Early 1900s Mystery Attachment |
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| Post# 338335 12/1/2015 at 07:47 (3,069 days old) by CoffeeCanMan (Ferndale, MI) | ||
I picked up a set of ancient Hoover dusting tools (as if I needed another) and came across this attachment I haven't seen before. I'm not entirely sure it's made by Hoover, it resembles the library brush, but that's not round. The brush ring is made of wood and held onto the metal body by 2 (missing) screws. Has anyone seen one of these before? I would date it somewhere around 1920.
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| Post# 338336 , Reply# 1 12/1/2015 at 07:48 (3,069 days old) by CoffeeCanMan (Ferndale, MI) | ||
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| Post# 338337 , Reply# 2 12/1/2015 at 07:48 (3,069 days old) by CoffeeCanMan (Ferndale, MI) | ||
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| Post# 338354 , Reply# 5 12/1/2015 at 13:06 (3,068 days old) by CoffeeCanMan (Ferndale, MI) | ||
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It looked like a library brush to me as well, but as you noticed, the Hoover version is a different shape. It somehow ended up in the box of Hoover tools, perhaps the original owner upgraded to a Hoover from something else and kept this tool since The Hoover didn't come with one. The coupler has one end wrapped in old friction tape to make it fit on the hose, which is another reason I suspected it to be a non-Hoover part.
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| Post# 338365 , Reply# 6 12/1/2015 at 16:19 (3,068 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
Early 1900's attachments. 
Hi CoffeeCanMan:
I have stacks of papers on the early electrics, but the granddaddy of them all was a 'portable' called the Federal Electric. The picture shows the tools to this beast. Looks like the 'library' tool was a common part of the equipment, another company was the Thurmam of Saint Louis, 1899. I have the entire instruction books for both, but they are too many pages to post here. Looks like Hoover was simply following the trend. And yes, Hoover did use sand-casting on the early models. I'll see what other goodies I can find in my boxes of paperwork.
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| Post# 338367 , Reply# 7 12/1/2015 at 16:30 (3,068 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
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The Federal Electric. | ||
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