Thread Number: 23637
Rare bird...The Hercules vacuum / 1870 (?) |
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Post# 264658   1/24/2014 at 15:56 (3,737 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California)   |   | |
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Post# 264659 , Reply# 1   1/24/2014 at 15:57 (3,737 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California)   |   | |
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Post# 264660 , Reply# 2   1/24/2014 at 16:02 (3,737 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California)   |   | |
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Available now in Yuma Arizona if your interested, see link. I didn't post this in the Market place area because i think this vac's very existence and photo's will be of interest long after the link is dead.
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Post# 264661 , Reply# 3   1/24/2014 at 16:22 (3,737 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California)   |   | |
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I just found another one on Ebay! Located about 200 miles from the other one.
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Post# 264663 , Reply# 4   1/24/2014 at 16:48 (3,737 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California)   |   | |
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I link to the sound of this Hercules vacuum on Spotify of all places! And here is a pic of a later model vacuum labeled a "Hercules", whether it's made by the same company as the really old vacs above, or not, i have no idea.
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Post# 264668 , Reply# 5   1/24/2014 at 19:26 (3,737 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Here's the history of the Hercules.
The first non electric vacuum cleaner was the Whirlwind, invented by Ives W. Mc'Gaffy of Chicago in June of 1869, and manufactured in Boston by the American Carpet Cleaning Company. It was followed in 1870 by the Agan (shown here) made by the Whitehead and Hoag company. The next vacuum cleaner was Willie's cylindrical Sweeper, circa 1872, which was made in Lafayette, Indiana, and will be shown in the next post. All three were upright hand crank machines, and appeared from 1869 to 1873. The first two person hand pump was the Hercules which dates back to 1875! While I don't know anything about the inventor, it was marketed by the father/son team of Peck and Peck of Rochester, New York. While the Whirlwind was the first vacuum cleaner, the Hercules was the first tank/canister. Needless to say, this is quite a find.
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Post# 264669 , Reply# 6   1/24/2014 at 19:28 (3,737 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 264670 , Reply# 7   1/24/2014 at 19:47 (3,737 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 264671 , Reply# 8   1/24/2014 at 19:50 (3,737 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 264681 , Reply# 9   1/24/2014 at 23:01 (3,737 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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There were a number of variations that date back to the late 1800's and up to 1910. I have two of this style, the first being the Lakeside (shown here) that I figure is circa 1890. Another, and far more elaborate was the Dust-Killer of 1909, and a canister design called the Cyclone, all of which I'll post here. Another variation was that by Regina that was introduced in the early 1900's.
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Post# 264684 , Reply# 10   1/24/2014 at 23:08 (3,737 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 264685 , Reply# 11   1/24/2014 at 23:15 (3,737 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 264687 , Reply# 12   1/24/2014 at 23:18 (3,737 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 265290 , Reply# 13   1/29/2014 at 21:50 (3,732 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California)   |   | |
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