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Pictures From Last Summer's Acquisitions |
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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)   |   | |
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Post# 191807 , Reply# 2   7/27/2012 at 23:52 (4,262 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 191809 , Reply# 3   7/27/2012 at 23:55 (4,262 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 191810 , Reply# 4   7/27/2012 at 23:57 (4,262 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 191811 , Reply# 5   7/28/2012 at 00:00 (4,262 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 191814 , Reply# 6   7/28/2012 at 00:07 (4,262 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 191816 , Reply# 7   7/28/2012 at 00:13 (4,262 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 191819 , Reply# 8   7/28/2012 at 00:17 (4,262 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 191820 , Reply# 9   7/28/2012 at 00:20 (4,262 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 191822 , Reply# 10   7/28/2012 at 00:28 (4,262 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 191826 , Reply# 11   7/28/2012 at 00:45 (4,262 days old) by vintagekitchen ()   |   | |
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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)   |   | |
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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)   |   | |
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Post# 191891 , Reply# 14   7/28/2012 at 10:47 (4,261 days old) by revooh ()   |   | |
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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# 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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Post# 191905 , Reply# 17   7/28/2012 at 12:42 (4,261 days old) by kirbyeureka95 ()   |   | |
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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)   |   | |
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Post# 192012 , Reply# 20   7/29/2012 at 03:24 (4,261 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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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 ()   |   | |
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nice machines.. |
Post# 192062 , Reply# 22   7/29/2012 at 10:48 (4,260 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 192087 , Reply# 23   7/29/2012 at 15:10 (4,260 days old) by Brandon_W_T ()   |   | |
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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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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)   |   | |
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Post# 193151 , Reply# 27   8/3/2012 at 21:58 (4,255 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 193152 , Reply# 28   8/3/2012 at 22:03 (4,255 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 193154 , Reply# 29   8/3/2012 at 22:08 (4,255 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 193230 , Reply# 30   8/4/2012 at 14:37 (4,254 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 193420 , Reply# 31   8/5/2012 at 21:40 (4,253 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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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# 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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