Thread Number: 9028
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Post# 99680   6/1/2010 at 17:50 (5,049 days old) by electrolux~137 ()   |   | |
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This gorgeous double-spread photo-feature is from the April 1955 issue of McCalls. It's approximately 22" wide x 14" high. |
Post# 99688 , Reply# 1   6/1/2010 at 19:07 (5,049 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Wow! Stunning individual shapes, designs and colours for '55...Oh, the colours! Or, "Felix and Hector, we're gonna need more carpet samples..." If I had the coloured carpet strips I could substitute a Compact, Filtex and Westinghouse for the Atlas' and Universal and re-create the right side picture. Could do fair justice to the left one, too. VERY Happy picture spread! and the price info is wonderful. Say there, Charles, now that the Forum servers limit and auto-resize jpeg uploads to 1000 pixels wide, how about turning this 90 degrees and posting it sideways at 1508 x 1000 pixels? Or email out the full rez scan to those who ask nicely...please, yes please, put me on that list... Well worth printing if we can get the text sharp & clear out of our printers. Dave |
Post# 99693 , Reply# 3   6/1/2010 at 19:36 (5,049 days old) by electrolux~137 ()   |   | |
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Post# 99696 , Reply# 4   6/1/2010 at 20:13 (5,049 days old) by constellation86 (Roy, UT)   |   | |
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Does that count? Neat article! I wish they made em like they used to! Nicholas |
Post# 99699 , Reply# 5   6/1/2010 at 20:40 (5,049 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Sure does count, Nicholas! Now the goal really is to find one of each. LOL The Hamilton-Beach upright looks freakishly exactly like my Premier No9. So much so that only the Premier enameled belt cover medallion and replacement GE bag give it away. Now I can cautiously assign a 1955 date to it and set the Premier beside my Ham Beach Deep-Clean cylinder without inviting derision. I wonder what the connection between GE, Premier and H-B is, if there is one? Dave |
Post# 99705 , Reply# 6   6/1/2010 at 21:29 (5,049 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Turning the motor sideways to allow for a low profile and to allow for separate suction and belt channels was absolutely ingenious. This really was the seed for the concept of the Dial-A-Matic, and every "bag first" "clean air" machine that was born after that. The idea of a "floating front head" comes from this upright as well, which is now pretty much standard on most uprights. Add the cord reel, and you have probably the most revolutionary design in upright vacs since they were invented. On another note, would love to see how that Eureka upright took attachments. I know how subsequent turquoise and green Eureka models did it, but this one somehow did not need a Bottom Plate to keep the suction seal closed for tool use. I have seen the instruction manual show how the hose is inserted in front of the headlight, but I still can't figure out how this brown model blocked suction from being lost through the brush opening below. |
Post# 99715 , Reply# 8   6/1/2010 at 22:10 (5,049 days old) by xraytech ()   |   | |
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They are all so pretty. But I think that in comparison to all the other machines that the Hamilton Beach cleaners look very dated |
Post# 99719 , Reply# 9   6/1/2010 at 22:24 (5,049 days old) by electrolux~137 ()   |   | |
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I thought the same exact thing! I used to have that Hamilton Beach upright and had no idea it was from the mid 1950s!! I thought it was from the late 1930s or early 1940s!! |
Post# 99720 , Reply# 10   6/1/2010 at 22:25 (5,049 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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I've been singing the praises of the revolutionary Loewy re-imagining of the Singer for years. It really was the first of its kind, even tho it's still a direct fill dirty air machine. I have added an oval adapter tube to it and a fitted paper bag to save my cloth bag. Works great but only on 1949-55 style low-cut pile carpets. :-) |
Post# 99721 , Reply# 11   6/1/2010 at 22:26 (5,049 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 99728 , Reply# 12   6/2/2010 at 06:48 (5,048 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 99731 , Reply# 13   6/2/2010 at 07:49 (5,048 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 99772 , Reply# 16   6/2/2010 at 20:24 (5,048 days old) by kenkart ()   |   | |
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I have this same ad you sent me not long after I joined the club in 94....do you remember!!!!how about the convention in 95 in Allentown P.A. I will NEVER forget it!!! |
Post# 99777 , Reply# 17   6/2/2010 at 20:54 (5,048 days old) by electrolux~137 ()   |   | |
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Hans, I don't remember sending you that ad, but I do remember the 1995 convention. The memories from that weekend will last a lifetime. |
Post# 99780 , Reply# 18   6/2/2010 at 21:18 (5,048 days old) by kenkart ()   |   | |
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I have a whole stack of vac info you sent me then...Wish we could be at the convention now! |
Post# 99809 , Reply# 20   6/3/2010 at 14:16 (5,047 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Oh, I -wondered- why it shrunk... I did not know this limit had been incorporated into Vacuumland. Yup, that's the way I coded the software to shrink uploaded pictures down to a more convenient size for viewing on the average computer. There were a few times that the server's image tools were not working but normally its been like this for over three years now. |