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Thread Number: 32483
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Vacuum of the day---Hoover |
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| Post# 356647 7/26/2016 at 06:34 (2,829 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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Were women considered subservient back then? Had my dad given my mom a vacuum for Christmas, she'd have put his head in a jar. | ||
Post# 356673 , Reply# 2 7/26/2016 at 15:23 (2,829 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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True.
The same goes for men and tools. I remember hearing women say, "Let's get Daddy a sander, etc."
I worked in a department store for a while. It was crazy the things I heard. Some women loved getting appliances like that. When my aunt was an executive for New York Telephone, she'd say that every time a woman there got married, they'd all get together and buy her a Hoover vacuum cleaner and deluxe attachments. It got to the point where they'd expect it. And, at the time, it was a great gift to get. | ||
| Post# 356698 , Reply# 5 7/27/2016 at 09:20 (2,828 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
Can you imagine what it was like for the first vacuum salesmen in 1910? It took a very special woman with a very unique relationship with her husband, to buy a vacuum cleaner. First, she didn't know what a vacuum cleaner even was, until the salesman showed up at her door. Second, she would have been HORRIFIED at the amount of dirt it removed from her 'clean' rugs. Third, she probably couldn't call her husband to ask permission to buy a vacuum, (he wouldn't know what one was either). The salesman wasn't waiting around till the husband came home, if the housewife said "no" he moved on to the next house.
To say to the salesman "I'll take it", was a rare day. All she could do was sign the purchase order, and the bill was sent to her husband. But, when he got home, she had to tell him what she did. Can you imagine the argument that entailed? The Hoover, with tools, in 1910, was $85. More than a range, a sewing machine, and a third the price of a car. She didn't have any income herself, and had no checks. He had thirty days to pay the bill. She had thirty days to 'encourage' him to pay it. Again, a unique relationship 'coaxed' the money out of him. That's one of the reasons it took SO LONG for vacuum cleaners to 'catch on' with the public. | ||
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Post# 356704 , Reply# 6 7/27/2016 at 11:40 (2,828 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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| Post# 356705 , Reply# 7 7/27/2016 at 11:45 (2,828 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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Post# 356723 , Reply# 9 7/27/2016 at 14:25 (2,828 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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My aunt (single), retired from New York City and retuned
to Pittston, remodeled her family home, and bought a car. She always drove, but never owned a car in New York. She looked at a Lincoln Town Car. The salesman asked her if her "husband had to talk it over first"! This was 1986 ! She was furious! She called the manager and told him about her less than pleasant experience. The next day, a DIFFERENT salesman helped her. All he asked was WHY she wanted such a big car. She told him she needed a big trunk for her golf clubs, etc. She wrote a check and drove the Lincoln off the lot.
In the 70s, my dad's friend was an Electrolux dealer. He stopped by to 'pick up our cleaner that needed servicing. All he tried to do was sell her a new vac. "You NEED an Electrolux", he told her. "I DON'T, replied my mother". Have your husband talk it over and get back to me. You all can guess how that ended. The Hoover model 67 Convertible is STILL in the house. My mom, dad, AND the salesman are all dead now. | ||
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