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Model O Suction Sweeper photo |
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Post# 228497   4/15/2013 at 14:18 (4,000 days old) by Electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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I happened to find this photo on the Internet last night of a Model O "Suction Sweeper." I've never seen this photo before! It does appear to be genuine and not a "recreation." So I'm wondering who the lady is! |
Post# 228538 , Reply# 3   4/15/2013 at 18:55 (4,000 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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As much as I would like the photo to be authentic - and certainly the Model O is - I have to say the whole photo has been staged. The pedestrian background prop furniture and accessories are just too perfectly placed the wallpaper is a horror clashing with the carpet. The blouse & skirt (an obvious stock costume piece; it's hemmed too short for the period) are mismatched and in fact the blouse sleeves are diaphanous and unsupported - nor is she wearing the mandatory corset under there. The white sneakers are a dead giveaway as is the lady's uninspired combed back straight and teased high 'coiffure'. That clunky flat curl behind her ear reminds me of the embellished hairdresser 'creations' from my Grade 8 Graduation group photo, which would have been 1966/67. It's a perfect example of late 1960s early 1970s marketing without regard for historical accuracy. Possibly a Hoover in-house series of proof of concept shots, not intended for publication, featuring a contract Hoover model/typing pool gal. It's an opportunity to further visual research. Thank you Charles, for posting it. If we keep searching Hoover ads from the 1960s/70s I'm sure she'll pop up in a pant suit or A-line smock or an Empire waistline.
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Post# 228540 , Reply# 5   4/15/2013 at 19:54 (4,000 days old) by Electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Post# 228545 , Reply# 8   4/15/2013 at 21:05 (4,000 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany)   |   | |
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There's also one in the Smithsonian -- I didn't expect to see this when I visited the Museum of American History -- it was a cool surprise to see that day. |
Post# 228548 , Reply# 10   4/15/2013 at 21:18 (4,000 days old) by Brandon_W_T ()   |   | |
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Just for referencing design patterns, here is the Spangler suction sweeper. |
Post# 228551 , Reply# 11   4/15/2013 at 21:28 (4,000 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Besides Kyle's O in South Michigan There are 3 more that I know of and have seen.
The TTI Hoover/DirtDevil head office in the suburbs of Akron OH has an immaculate one in a raised glass case in their central private display. It looks to have been meticulously repainted and pinstriped. The bag is 'inflated with kapok stuffing.
The Hoover Historical Center has two, one in nice shape with a few nicks & dents also in a plexiglas case with a stuffed bag...but as evidenced by the brass motor plaque location and other fittings it is not the same Model O. and a second fairly bashed one for use by visitors that has most of its decoration peeled away and exterior repairs and re-enforcement brackets. But it works.
It's my understanding from Ann Haynes that recreations of some of the vintage cranked & pumped vacuums in the Harness Shop behind the house were made up in the Hoover Shops back in the 1940s/50s, from damaged examples. No doubt the O was a prime candidate for this treatment.
John, perhaps you can confirm this?
Btw, the Hoover Historical Center, since being physically moved a 1/.4 mile east to Hoover Park, now belongs to Walsh University of North Canton and has no connection with TTI. So I very much doubt that TTI obtained their example from the Historical Center.
Dave
The TTI Model O
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Post# 228553 , Reply# 12   4/15/2013 at 21:30 (4,000 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 228554 , Reply# 13   4/15/2013 at 21:31 (4,000 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 228561 , Reply# 14   4/15/2013 at 22:04 (4,000 days old) by kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️)   |   | |
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Model O behind Fred was given to John Gregory in may 2006 by current Hoover vice president Mike Bilberry if you go on Johns sweeper central website you can see that very same model O in action . It is this model O behind Fred given to John Gregory that John gave back to TTI in February 2011 along his vintage Hoover collection to the TTI President Chris Gurreri . Some of John Gregory's vacuums are currently on display at TTI corporate head quarters in Glenn willow Ohio .It was Johns vintage Hoovers that were used in the recent dirty house infomercial including the Model O from the main lobby the model 300 the model 82 and the custom built red and white hoover convertible that John Gregory built for then TTI President Chris Gurreri .
Below I attached the infomercial that show cases John Gregory's Hoover vacuums along with the model O. Dan CLICK HERE TO GO TO kirbyloverdan's LINK |
Post# 228573 , Reply# 16   4/15/2013 at 23:34 (4,000 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Yes, it was in Scranton, and was sold back to TTI, where it sits in a hallway. I also know the man (will meet him on my next trip to Ohio). He is the man who 'restored' the O(s). There's a lengthy story about it all, and I "can't, shouldn't won't ) expound on it here. But, it IS an interesting story. Let's just refer to him for now, as "Doug"... a nice man who was let go at HOOVER upon the sale to TTI. That's ALL I'm gonna say, for now.
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Post# 228578 , Reply# 17   4/16/2013 at 02:14 (4,000 days old) by cb123 (Mobile, Al.)   |   | |
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Post# 228579 , Reply# 18   4/16/2013 at 02:36 (4,000 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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I believe this picture to date from 1968, to coincide with Hoover's 60th anniversary. Without looking back through my computer files at home I am pretty this picture was used here to market the Dialamatic which had not that long been introduced.
And besides all the very valid comments about the model and her attire, she has painted nails, which no respectable woman would have had in the early part of the 20th century. Al |
Post# 228586 , Reply# 19   4/16/2013 at 04:57 (4,000 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Post# 228588 , Reply# 20   4/16/2013 at 05:00 (4,000 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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Post# 228589 , Reply# 21   4/16/2013 at 05:00 (4,000 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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And of course the bag on the cleaner is not inflated-the machine was not running. |
Post# 228590 , Reply# 22   4/16/2013 at 05:24 (4,000 days old) by eluxca ()   |   | |
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Ha, as I first looked at the photo I thought "Half Pint from 'Little House on the Prairie'" |
Post# 228605 , Reply# 23   4/16/2013 at 09:26 (3,999 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN)   |   | |
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-with the full page color ad showing 4 housewives in 4 different periods of clothing with 4 Hoovers ranging from O to DAM that was seen in many magazines? |