Thread Number: 31454
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Vintage Photo: Central Vacuum Service, St. Petersburg Florida |
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Post# 347781   3/17/2016 at 02:10 (2,961 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Here's a color slide that I won on eBay. Handwritten on the slide in pencil is "St. Petersburg" which, I assumed, referred to the location of the photo in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Post# 347792 , Reply# 4   3/17/2016 at 09:32 (2,960 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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It's interesting [and saddening] that the building is an ice cream store now. That must have been a very recent change as that address still comes up as Central Vacuum Service in Google. See the screen shot below.
I wonder what happened to all those vacuum cleaners when the store was closed. Somewhere in a St. Petersburg landfill there's probably a mountain of old Kirbys, Hoovers, Eurekas, Electroluxes, Rexairs.......
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Post# 347793 , Reply# 5   3/17/2016 at 09:46 (2,960 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Interesting that the sign said "Rexair Branch", since Rexair branch offices were eliminated in 1960 when J.V.Sanders and T. Russ Hill bought Rexair back from the hateful Wards Industries (after leaving them with over 9 million dollars in uncollectable debt). If they were a Rexair branch office at one time, they couldn't have sold bojack cleaners.
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Post# 347794 , Reply# 6   3/17/2016 at 09:50 (2,960 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 347797 , Reply# 7   3/17/2016 at 10:06 (2,960 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany)   |   | |
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Well, then, not "long gone" I guess. :-) It is sad, and happens all too frequently. |
Post# 347798 , Reply# 8   3/17/2016 at 10:07 (2,960 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Post# 347799 , Reply# 9   3/17/2016 at 10:13 (2,960 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany)   |   | |
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This picture, too, popped up when I did a google image search of the address. |
Post# 348045 , Reply# 13   3/20/2016 at 06:52 (2,957 days old) by magic-clean (FL-GA)   |   | |
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Vacuum continues in St. Petersburg with storefront and online sales. CLICK HERE TO GO TO magic-clean's LINK |
Post# 348049 , Reply# 14   3/20/2016 at 08:35 (2,957 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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My grandparents had a 1965 Olds 98 the same color as that coupe and with the same wheel covers. You can clearly see the vertical rocket emblems on the rear quarter panel and the wheel covers. That iconic emblem made its debut in the 1965 model year and was used through 1996. Other Eighty-Eight sub-models included the Super 88 and Holiday 88 in the 1950s and 1960s and the Royale in the 1970s and '80s.
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Post# 348117 , Reply# 15   3/20/2016 at 16:23 (2,957 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Post# 348124 , Reply# 16   3/20/2016 at 20:48 (2,957 days old) by magic-clean (FL-GA)   |   | |
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it is the same company. Please see the link for information about the history of the store. CLICK HERE TO GO TO magic-clean's LINK |
Post# 348132 , Reply# 17   3/20/2016 at 22:32 (2,957 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Post# 348348 , Reply# 18   3/23/2016 at 11:44 (2,954 days old) by electrikbroomgu (Rome, NY)   |   | |
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Love seeing these older photos, especially of vac shops, hardware stores and car dealers. Everything has changed so much since 2001. It's as if they took most of Rome, NY( my home town) flattened it and started over all within the past 16 years. Even all the former grocery stores have re-located or built new stores leaving the old ones for Doctor's offices etc. Of course having Griffis Air force base close up during the late 90's had a lot to do with this.
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