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Post# 191803   7/27/2012 at 23:44 (4,262 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        

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You all might remember me posting last summer about a large addition to my collection, given to me from a good friend and fellow collector who wished to remain annonymous. At the time I was unable to scan the pics that I had taken or post them. Recently I have regained scanning capabilities, along with the ability to retrieve pics and other data that was stored in my old computer.
So finally, after a year's wait, I am now posting the pics of last year's additions to my collection. In this thread will be group shots, individual pics will be posted at a later date. First up, coffee can Hoovers! Left to right, we have a 541, 541 Special, 700, 725, 425, 450, and a long wanted 825.
Jeff


Post# 191805 , Reply# 1   7/27/2012 at 23:49 (4,262 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        
Next, Mid-Century Hoovers

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Models 62, 634, and 64 (Citation).

Post# 191807 , Reply# 2   7/27/2012 at 23:52 (4,262 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        
A Couple Eurekas

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Model G-2 and 260.

Post# 191809 , Reply# 3   7/27/2012 at 23:55 (4,262 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        
Now, Royals circa 1945-1954

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Model 189 Super Chief and 2 model 215's.

Post# 191810 , Reply# 4   7/27/2012 at 23:57 (4,262 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        

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A Health-Mor, Good Housekeeper Model 189, and Stark S-801.

Post# 191811 , Reply# 5   7/28/2012 at 00:00 (4,262 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        
Straight Suction Electro-Hygienes

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Model 94, 230, and 2-230.

Post# 191814 , Reply# 6   7/28/2012 at 00:07 (4,262 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        
Some newer Electro-Hygienes

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Models 285 (3 of them), 777, 880, 890, and the rare 980.

Post# 191816 , Reply# 7   7/28/2012 at 00:13 (4,262 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        
A Row Of Royals

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Models 601, 801, 603, 606, 801, 602, and 883

Post# 191819 , Reply# 8   7/28/2012 at 00:17 (4,262 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        
Now, Some Hoover Convertibles

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Models 65, 67, 32, 68, 70, 714, and 719.

Post# 191820 , Reply# 9   7/28/2012 at 00:20 (4,262 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        
More Convertibles!

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Models 1010, 1060, 1020, 1070, 1030, 1032, and 1076.

Post# 191822 , Reply# 10   7/28/2012 at 00:28 (4,262 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        
A Few More Convertibles

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Models 593, 728, U4047, and U4089. This is the last of the group pics. Hope you enjoyed them. And Thanks again, to my generous, annonymous friend who gave them to me.
Jeff


Post# 191826 , Reply# 11   7/28/2012 at 00:45 (4,262 days old) by vintagekitchen ()        
Oh my goodness, fetch the smelling salts!

That is one amazing and impressive gift! And they all appear to be in very very good condition. I won't lie, im a little jealous, lol.

Post# 191853 , Reply# 12   7/28/2012 at 06:38 (4,261 days old) by kirbyvacuum (Long Island New York)        
Very Nice

Hi Jeff Very,Very, nice collection. Cant beat those old well made Hoovers.I would give anything to get a Hoover 65. Keep up the good work Doug

Post# 191857 , Reply# 13   7/28/2012 at 07:52 (4,261 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)        
The 890 At Right

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Jeff,

That 890 appears to have the same bag as your 1983 903, since it reads "Supreme Electro-Hygiene" on the front.

~Ben


Post# 191891 , Reply# 14   7/28/2012 at 10:47 (4,261 days old) by revooh ()        
Jeff

Great pics !!!! I have seen these all in person many times. I know the donor is very pleased and happy that you enjoy them so much and display them with pride. Enjoy your collection !!

Post# 191892 , Reply# 15   7/28/2012 at 11:03 (4,261 days old) by normvac (COLUMBUS, OHIO)        
Congratulations !

Great pics Jeff. So glad to see them well qualified, placed and pround to be on display. What a great collection. Always fun to visit and see in person.
Especially when you are so willing to share them and tell the stories.
That is what makes collecting fun, be it vacuums or cars. It's comes with
the interaction of others who are interested.
Norm


Post# 191900 , Reply# 16   7/28/2012 at 12:17 (4,261 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        

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Nothing Says Love Like A Hoover! What a nice anonymous friend!

The rest of them are quite stunning as well, by the way!


Post# 191905 , Reply# 17   7/28/2012 at 12:42 (4,261 days old) by kirbyeureka95 ()        
hygiene903, a question for ya!

What camera was used to take these? I love the look of the pictures!
And wow what a great roundup of vacuums, they are beautiful! thanks for sharing!


Post# 191939 , Reply# 18   7/28/2012 at 18:17 (4,261 days old) by tommymilan (milano)        

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Hi, I'm not an envious person and if someone I know is lucky, I'm just happy for him/her just how I wish my friends were if the same thing happened to me. You have a marvellous collection and those pieces wil have improvede it much. My complimets and congratulation. even after one year!
There is something I'd like to say: I never parted from anyof the vacs of mine, I'm always searching and buying etc but I never sell them. I gift vacs when I find somebody that would love them as much as me and in that case I don't mind, they're just in the right place,
Kisses, T


Post# 192004 , Reply# 19   7/29/2012 at 01:18 (4,261 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
A beautiful group of machines!

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Those great colors!! ...like a big box of Crayolas.
John


Post# 192012 , Reply# 20   7/29/2012 at 03:24 (4,261 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        
Thank You!

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Thank you all for the kind compliments. Glad you enjoyed the pics, even though it took me a year to get them posted!
Ben, you are correct, the 890 does have the same bag as my 1983 903. Must have been replaced at some point, as I'm thinking it would have originally had a cloth outer bag with a similar color scheme.
Jim and Norm, always a pleasure to have you in my home to visit & vacuum! Having friends close enough to visit now & then is one of the things that makes it fun! Looking forward to our next visit.
Mike, the camera I used is a cheap Kodak 35 millimeter. It does take good pics except that what you see in the viewfinder is actually farther away than the viewfinder shows it.
I am blessed indeed to have such a generous friend to have given me these fine machines, I only wish I could thank him publicly for this wonderful gift.
Jeff


Post# 192035 , Reply# 21   7/29/2012 at 08:13 (4,260 days old) by vacu-finder ()        

nice machines..

Post# 192062 , Reply# 22   7/29/2012 at 10:48 (4,260 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)        
hygiene903

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Jeff,

I also wanted to say that the bag currently on your '71 606 is from an early '80s Royal Commercial upright (c. 1982-86), which means a replacement bag there, too.

Ditto for the 603. I wonder what it says on the front of that bag?

Thank you,



Ben


Post# 192087 , Reply# 23   7/29/2012 at 15:10 (4,260 days old) by Brandon_W_T ()        

Always enjoy your posts, Jeff. Beautiful machines. You know I am head over heals for seeing the lineup of coffee can hoovers!

Post# 192092 , Reply# 24   7/29/2012 at 15:16 (4,260 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)        

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Oh my goodness...

I am speechless until I can pick my jaw up from the floor!


Post# 192174 , Reply# 25   7/29/2012 at 21:30 (4,260 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)        

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Hey Jeff!

There it is. Finally. The exact turquoise Eureka upright of my childhood - a model 260 with the exact bag graphics as I remember them. It's possible this one has the graphics in gold for a 50th anniversary version - the graphic on the one I grew up with was white. But nonetheless, that's the closest thing I've seen to my "Holy Grail"!

Looks like the headlight lens is also a replacement....not the original with the criss-cross pattern.....but again - very close!

Thanks for the memories!


Post# 193148 , Reply# 26   8/3/2012 at 21:50 (4,255 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        
Here It Is!

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Just for you Brian, a pic of the Eureka 260 by itself! Enjoy!
Jeff


Post# 193151 , Reply# 27   8/3/2012 at 21:58 (4,255 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        
Brandon,

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Glad you enjoyed the pics! The coffee can Hoovers are some of my favorites, too! Here's one from the lineup you'll especially love, an 825 that's all original except for the bag! Enjoy!
Jeff


Post# 193152 , Reply# 28   8/3/2012 at 22:03 (4,255 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        
Ben,

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I knew the bag on the 603 was a replacement, but didn't know the one on the 606 was as well. Here's a pic of the 603 by itself. Says Royal Prince II on the bag.
Jeff


Post# 193154 , Reply# 29   8/3/2012 at 22:08 (4,255 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)        
Royal Prince II

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Jeff,

That bag on the 603 is all the more rare because of what it says on it ("ROYAL PRINCE II"). That bag is quite a mystery, God only knows where that one was originally from, but it can't be earlier than the mid 1980s.

~Ben


Post# 193230 , Reply# 30   8/4/2012 at 14:37 (4,254 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)        

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Thanks for the close-up, Jeff.....I want so badly to jump right into the picture and clean up the blue cord to make it look like new! I can even remember the unique Eureka aroma from the rubber on the cord!!!!

*hums Barbra Streisand's "Memories....like the corners of your mind...*


Post# 193420 , Reply# 31   8/5/2012 at 21:40 (4,253 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        
Sorry Brian,

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But the cord isn't blue. The cord, bag, and trim are all green, although the bumper does look more blue than green in the picture. Maybe it was the way the light hit it.
Jeff


Post# 193914 , Reply# 32   8/8/2012 at 16:39 (4,250 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)        

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Ah.....that explains the gold graphic on the bag. Thanks for that clarifiction, Jeff!

So it's not the "exact" Eureka of my childhood. The thing that threw me off was the silver frame around the headlight. That must have been a replacement. The green and gold 260 was the 1957 golden anniversary edition (matched the golden anniversary edition of the Roto-Matic canister). I think once 1957 was over, they changed the colour scheme to turquoise with silver accents. So my childhood 260 must be from 1958 or 1959 (the year in which I was born).

You can see that the plastic hose port cover in front of the headlight also has gold in it. My version had silver accents, not gold.

Still very close though! :-D


Post# 193934 , Reply# 33   8/8/2012 at 17:55 (4,250 days old) by 1926700 ()        
actually,

there were several, the Green and gold was first for the Anniversary edition. the they switched to blue and clean white (brain if you remember i have that one), and the only change ive seen besides the color is the green had the old style bag clamp system, and the blue was updated for the screw on bag system. and there was one more, another blue with a round handle, and the two speed switch in the front of the handle, and a chrome hood. as opposed to the white painted hood, that was the last of the 260. i think Eureka ran the 260 from 57, to around even early 1960.

Post# 193935 , Reply# 34   8/8/2012 at 18:19 (4,250 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)        

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You know, that's what seems to make my childhood Eureka so difficult to find: ours was blue and white with silver accents, but had the boxy graphic at the top of the bag like Jeff's green version, and also had the screwless "clamp-on" bag neck at the bottom which hooked onto a pin on the motorhood..

Ours had a square metal one-piece handle with a black 3 way switch on the back of the handle.....no rubber grip.....always wondered what the shipping carton may have looked like - did they package the long handle in another box?


Post# 233156 , Reply# 35   5/18/2013 at 12:55 (3,967 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)        

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Jeff,

I found out that bag on your 603 actually belongs on a model 870, of which the below picture is.

~Ben


Post# 233158 , Reply# 36   5/18/2013 at 13:18 (3,967 days old) by kenkart ()        
260!

I had one years ago and like a dummy let it go!! My favorite Eureka upright.


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