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Thread Number: 30668
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
A couple of surprises in a 1950s house full of stuff... |
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Post# 339450 12/16/2015 at 15:29 (3,046 days old) by electrolux137  (Los Angeles) |
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~ One of my graphics clients has a middle-aged son who is a mad scientist / electronics genius. His home is full-to-overflowing with radio tubes, nixie tubes, capacitors, dials, wires, antique medical devices, antique radios & phonographs, solar energy apparatus, speakers, connectors, rack cases, geodes, science memorabilia, about a thousand books -- you name it, it's there. Even a 1929 RCA theremin! He's lived in the same 1950s split-foyer home for many years but is now having to move because of his wife's major health problems. My client asked me if I would be interested in being retained to help him clean out many decades of STUFF from his home and of course I agreed. I went over there with him Monday to get a look-around. I noticed a couple of very interesting things down in his basement! See photos--- This post was last edited 12/16/2015 at 19:52 | ||
| Post# 339453 , Reply# 1 12/16/2015 at 16:00 (3,046 days old) by CharlesKirby66 (Manteca, CA) | ||
Hahaha Charles | ||
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Post# 339454 , Reply# 2 12/16/2015 at 16:15 (3,046 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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~ Actually, that XXX is kinda interesting -- it's one of the pretty rare, early transitional models from 1947. Note the newer-style front cover lever but the early-style flat runners (however, attached to the tank body instead of the back cover and the bag chamber rim as with the earlier models). I pulled it out to get a look at the rear end and saw that it does also have the circular panel covering the blower opening instead of the later saloon doors. This was the first version of the XXX that had a flat, disc-style filter pad. If y'all are interested, see link and scroll down to "Model XXX - 1947." CLICK HERE TO GO TO electrolux137's LINK | ||
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Post# 339463 , Reply# 3 12/16/2015 at 19:47 (3,045 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL) |
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Post# 339464 , Reply# 4 12/16/2015 at 19:53 (3,045 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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| Post# 339468 , Reply# 5 12/16/2015 at 22:00 (3,045 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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Post# 339473 , Reply# 6 12/17/2015 at 00:17 (3,045 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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~ There is a LOT of stuff in that house, maybe even more vacuum cleaner stuff. This is just what I saw sitting out in plain sight. I don't know what he plans to do with any of it. He's kind of a funny bird. If I show any interest in something he won't want to give it to me because he'll suddenly think it's valuable. If he offers something to me, that's fine. If not, that's fine too although I would kinda like to have that XXX. | ||
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