Thread Number: 31136
/ Tag: Vintage Floor Polishers/Floor Care Products
Mini Meet at the Vacuum Cleaner Museum |
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Post# 344144   2/15/2016 at 14:15 (2,992 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Friends and fellow vacuum cleaner collectors, Chris Spoon and David Morgan, made a trip from Ohio to St. James to come to the Vacuum Cleaner Museum for the weekend. Chris immediately wanted to see the new Simplicity Freedom Cordless upright. Donnie (my husband), Chris, and David give it the "thumbs up".
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Post# 344145 , Reply# 1   2/15/2016 at 14:16 (2,992 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Chris with the 1950 Singer Twin-Fan upright. Many thanks to Michael LaBue for this amazing addition to the Museum's collection.
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Post# 344146 , Reply# 2   2/15/2016 at 14:17 (2,992 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Chris trying out the AMAZING Maytag M1200 Tandem-Air upright vacuum cleaner.
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Post# 344147 , Reply# 3   2/15/2016 at 14:18 (2,992 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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David with the Hoover AeroDyne model 51.
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Post# 344148 , Reply# 4   2/15/2016 at 14:19 (2,992 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Chris giving a 'once over' with the Black & Decker bagless upright. It Swivels.
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Post# 344149 , Reply# 5   2/15/2016 at 14:20 (2,992 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Vintage Singer Uprights, and two happy guys.
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Post# 344150 , Reply# 6   2/15/2016 at 14:21 (2,992 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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David has always wanted to try a GE Roll-Easy. It might "roll easy" but the suction has always be 'meh'.
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Post# 344151 , Reply# 7   2/15/2016 at 14:23 (2,992 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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After playing all day with vacuums at the Museum, Donnie and I had Chris and David over to our new home (they hadn't seen it before) for dinner. I made Coq Au Vin (Julia's recipe). Chris wanted to sweep the dining room rug after dinner. He's using the Aerus Electrolux Guardian Platinum, with the Tri-Star power nozzle (the metal hood makes it heavier and it digs far deeper into the rug).
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Post# 344167 , Reply# 8   2/15/2016 at 15:42 (2,992 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan)   |   | |
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Julia's recipe is delicious. I also make Ina Gartins. It has cogniac in it. |
Post# 344180 , Reply# 9   2/15/2016 at 16:21 (2,992 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Post# 344188 , Reply# 10   2/15/2016 at 17:44 (2,992 days old) by UniversalDave1 (Gardendale, AL)   |   | |
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I really enjoyed visiting the Vacuum Museum and Tacony Factory when I was there in June. I look forward to going back someday. Here are a few pictures I took.
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Post# 344198 , Reply# 11   2/15/2016 at 19:50 (2,992 days old) by delaneymeegan (Mary Richards lived here)   |   | |
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Post# 344199 , Reply# 12   2/15/2016 at 19:54 (2,992 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Post# 344229 , Reply# 13   2/16/2016 at 04:40 (2,991 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan)   |   | |
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Of course! When I was four, I found one in our basement. Maybe it was a bit newer, but my dad didn't know it was hidden away down there. We lived in a rented duplex then. He plugged it in, and it was so loud, it scared me. I said put it back in the cellar. |
Post# 344364 , Reply# 14   2/17/2016 at 09:46 (2,990 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Charles:
We get thousands of people as visitors in a year's time. Some come in groups like Red Hat Ladies or church ladies or retired folks. Those are the people who remember lots of the machines (all remember the model XXX Lux) from the 1930's onwards during their museum tour. Not a week goes by we don't get a family with a little boy who loves vacuums. In one instance, we let the family have a birthday party for their 12 year old vac collector in the 1950's room at the Museum. Sometimes, the kids love vacuums but are afraid of the sound, so we can't turn them on. It's always fun to share with the kids, they've never seen such 'old' vacuums (and we're talking from the 1980's here). |
Post# 344416 , Reply# 15   2/17/2016 at 15:09 (2,990 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL)   |   | |
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