This is one of my favorite Hoovers

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When I was a little boy nearly every church, office building, airport, lodge building, restaurant, movie theater, etc. etc. etc. had these commercial Hoover vacuum cleaners.

One of my uncles was a pastor at a large church in Richmond, Virginia. One time when we went there when I was nine or ten years old, the custodian was vacuuming the front area of the sanctuary with one of these. I asked him, "Would you mind if I helped you run the sweeper?"

Mind?! He gladly handed the duty over to me and I spent the entire morning vacuuming the expansive sea of carpeting in the large vestibule, then pushed it inside the auditorium and did all the carpeting in there as well!

I have one down at my church but don't really get to use it because there's very little carpeting there. I keep it in the short hallway leading to the organ loft -- it's fun to see it standing there when I come up the stairs. :) Something I really like about it is the big, fat, huge cloth bag. It's just so enormous when the motor is running! Mine has a replacement bag. I'd love to find an original bag someday.

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Post# 369402 3/28/2017 at 11:44 (2,577 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)
Checkrate/Likes 1 ~ ~ When I was a little boy nearly every church, office building, airport, lodge building, restaurant, movie theater, etc. etc. etc. had these commercial Hoover vacuum cleaners. One of my uncles was a pastor at a large church in Richmond, Virginia. One time when we went there when I was nine or ten years old, the custodian was vacuuming the front area of the sanctuary with one of these. I asked him, "Would you mind if I helped you run the sweeper?" Mind?! He gladly handed the duty over to me and I spent the entire morning vacuuming the expansive sea of carpeting in the large vestibule, then pushed it inside the auditorium and did all the carpeting in there as well! I have one down at my church but don't really get to use it because there's very little carpeting there. I keep it in the short hallway leading to the organ loft -- it's fun to see it standing there when I come up the stairs. :) Something I really like about it is the big, fat, huge cloth bag. It's just so enormous when the motor is running! Mine has a replacement bag. I'd love to find an original bag someday. View Full Size

Post# 369421 , Reply# 1 3/28/2017 at 16:30 (2,577 days old) by Gman (Ripon, CA)
Checkrate/Likes 1 *Great Story!* I too remember these growing up. My elementary school had one, so every time Mom had a meeting at the school, I would go track down Jim the custodian, who would let me vacuum to my hearts content.

Post# 369422 , Reply# 2 3/28/2017 at 16:34 (2,577 days old) by kenkart ()
Checkrate/Likes 1 *Of all* The bags I have, that's one I DONT have, if I did you could have it.

Post# 369433 , Reply# 3 3/28/2017 at 19:01 (2,577 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL)
Checkrate/Likes I need to find myself one of these machines. They are fantastic. The 150, 28, and 29 are my Favorites with the DAM right behind. Andy