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My Modern Hygiene And The Story Behind It |
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Post# 286978   7/2/2014 at 20:56 (3,556 days old) by firebirdman55 (Owensboro Kentucky)   |   | |
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This one has quite a story behind it. About a year ago, I posted a want ad for vintage cleaners on Craigslist. I received a text that night. He told me he had an old Modern Hygiene and he would sell it to me for $20. I immediately drove to his house. Knocked on the door and out he came and led ne to the garage...there it sat underneath a table. His parents boughr it new and used it forever. He was born in the 60s and it was already in the home. He told me that in the early 70s, his parents went out to buy a new vacuum...only to come home empty handed. They didn't find anything they liked as well as this machine. It was used until about 20 years ago, when it was put in the basement and left untouched. Well, about a year ago, the guy went to his elderly mother's home to help her spring clean. She told him to toss the vac. He told her he would just take it home with him. It meant too much and had too many memories attached with it. And so he did. He told me that he would much rather me take it and enjoy it than ro see it in the dump or just wasting away in his garage. So je loaded the machine as well as a bag of all the original attachments into my car and away I went.
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Post# 286979 , Reply# 1   7/2/2014 at 21:00 (3,556 days old) by firebirdman55 (Owensboro Kentucky)   |   | |
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Post# 287213 , Reply# 2   7/4/2014 at 11:04 (3,554 days old) by firebirdman55 (Owensboro Kentucky)   |   | |
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Post# 287219 , Reply# 3   7/4/2014 at 12:00 (3,554 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Post# 287248 , Reply# 4   7/4/2014 at 17:17 (3,554 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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I have one too and it is a stunningly designed example of the art of metal bending and casting from the 1940s era - i949 I think. A perfectly decent and useable vacuum cleaner that makes one feel 'mighty modern. And any age cylinder vac with a cloth bag can be fitted with a paper filter bag (Air-Way or Electrolux with the top cardboard cut off and the paper lip folded over the rubber seal ring). That's what I do as I rotate through my vast collection of vintage vacuums from the 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s. And a few from the early 1960s; my interest and fascination of vacuums trails off after that.
Nothing beats the experience of performing domestic chore with solid chucks of heavy metal appliances particularly because they are so masterfully styled. Not at all like the masses of plastic junk offered today that are no better at the task of sucking up dirt than the 'oldies' are, IMHO. if someone offended you with derogatory comment, ignore it and have fun searching Vacuumland's archives for much Moderne Hygiene and other comprehensive coverage of vintage vacuums - you have many Vintage appreciators here. |
Post# 287270 , Reply# 5   7/5/2014 at 00:09 (3,554 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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. I no longer have this Modern Hygiene but thought you might enjoy seeing the web page I put up about it when I restored it. CLICK HERE TO GO TO electrolux137's LINK
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