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Thread Number: 30043
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
Revisiting an extraordinary Vacuum Cleaner Museum |
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| Post# 333883 9/13/2015 at 12:42 (3,137 days old) by akabent (LEFT Coast) | ||
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I had forgotten what a wonderful Vacuum Cleaner Museum this is!! Enjoy their virtual tour. R CLICK HERE TO GO TO akabent's LINK | ||
| Post# 333940 , Reply# 1 9/14/2015 at 13:46 (3,136 days old) by CharlesKirby66 (Manteca, CA) | ||
Vacuum museum other than "the only" in Missouri?! | ||
Post# 333943 , Reply# 2 9/14/2015 at 15:01 (3,136 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Thanks, Rick!
Yes, it is true fact: there are AT LEAST 3 (three) vac museums in the United States of America.There's one in Ohio, one in Oregon, and one in Missouri. I KNOW for a fact that the one in Ohio has docents, and a curator who has a colllege degree in Museum Studies. That museum is part of Walsh University, where one can earn a Bachelor's AND a Master's degree. I've personally met the director, AND some of the students earning degrees in Museum Studies.
Great link, Rick. We all have very fond memories of touring Stark's during our convention. They were so gracious to The VCCC. John. | ||
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Post# 333987 , Reply# 4 9/15/2015 at 10:35 (3,135 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Michael, mat I call you Michael?
I don't remember any such event taking place. Did Sean Curry stand up while still stuck in the children's table? No, Did he fall over with his feet up in the air? No. Did numerous people bend in half laughing uncontrolably? No. I don't remember that at all. That must have been a lapse.....for you. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
John | ||
| Post# 333992 , Reply# 5 9/15/2015 at 12:28 (3,135 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
The vacuums are just sitting on the floor with no rhyme or reason behind their placement. Like a flea market. A REAL Museum would have a curator with vast knowledge of the ENTIRE spectrum of vacuum cleaners (not just one brand), be able to show literature and owners manuals to go along with the displays, as well as have restoration equipment to restore donated machines.
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Post# 333997 , Reply# 7 9/15/2015 at 13:23 (3,135 days old) by Vinvac (Dubuque IA) |
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Rick,
Thanks for sharing this. Portland was one of the Best Conventions ever. Dave did a wonderful job planning. Starks is truly an impressive vacuum store and museum. The Westinghouse Convert-O-Vac was fun. I am quite sure it had not been run in sometime. What I appreciated was seeing the vacs in the condition in which they were traded. I think we only saw a small portion of the vacuums they have. They were preparing for a huge remodel of the building when we were there...wonder what changes have been made. Looking forward to going back sometime and hopefully back to the Hoover Historical Center as well. I have not made it to the Tacony plant yet. Morgan | ||
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Post# 334011 , Reply# 9 9/15/2015 at 17:23 (3,135 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Well, there you are! | ||
| Post# 334071 , Reply# 10 9/16/2015 at 09:13 (3,134 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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Don's "Museum of Clean" isn't really a vacuum cleaner Museum per se. They don't have electric vacuums (the kind collectors are really interested in). It's a museum of mops and brooms and other cleaning items.
Starks is nice, but, if you call and ask them a question about a vintage machine you found in Aunt Tilly's basement, it's unlikely the salesman answering the phone will know the answer. Hoover was fun - I was there twice. As they have nothing but hoovers, and you cannot plug them in and turn them on, it's a "look only" type of thing. It's a 'high society' type of museum. You do learn a lot about the beginnings of Hoover, but they turn their noses up to any other brands. The Vacuum Cleaner Museum in St. James is interactive. The file cabinets full of vintage owners manuals and paperwork is available for the public to see. The displays of vacuums all run, and the public can interact with them (turn them on and clean with them). Nothing is 'hands off'. The displays change all the time - there are three store rooms full of vacs (705 in total). The Vacuum Cleaner Museum has a huge stock of 'old stock' parts and bags, which they are willing to share with fellow collectors. | ||
| Post# 334150 , Reply# 13 9/17/2015 at 18:06 (3,133 days old) by akabent (LEFT Coast) | ||
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Museum VS Gallery Phillip, nobody could have addressed this any better or more accurately, zeroing in the reality of differing approaches as well as identifying thinly veiled insinuations! Thanks for sharing this additional point of view. RB | ||
| Post# 334162 , Reply# 14 9/17/2015 at 21:10 (3,133 days old) by vac-o-matic (Saint Louis, Mo.) | ||
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Uh... Rick, that was Harley's post. He's in Ks. as well as Phillip, and the latter's username starts with Kirby as well (Kirbyvertibles). Another great post Harley, you and I have been on the same page before! | ||
| Post# 334169 , Reply# 16 9/18/2015 at 00:58 (3,133 days old) by cb123 (Mobile, Al.) | ||
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| Post# 334177 , Reply# 17 9/18/2015 at 08:00 (3,133 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada) | ||
Tom
I agree with everything you said above. However, I can't help but admire Starks for at least having the display to begin with. Yes, the vacuums may not be categorized or properly organized like your museum, or have a curator to answer all of a visitor's questions. But in this day & age when there are so many vac shops with greasy, sleazy salesman who have no interest in repairing your 20 yr old Electrolux & only want you to buy their latest piece of Chinese junk & spend $500 or more, I find it refreshing that Starks at least has the old cleaners on display to preserve some history for people to see.
Rob | ||
| Post# 334184 , Reply# 18 9/18/2015 at 11:30 (3,132 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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Rob
Starks is a nice store, and they carry privately labeled Tacony vacuums as well. It's wonderful that they preserved the old trade in vacs in a way that would be interesting to their customers to look at. I'm sure it helps sales. Any company that preserves the vintage cleaners deserves a pat on the back.
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Post# 334237 , Reply# 20 9/19/2015 at 00:56 (3,132 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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Keep in mind MANY older Hoovers,Eurekas and other metal vacuums were lost to metal drives during war years.WW2 especially.So--recycling isn't new!!and not just vacuums-other metal items,too! | ||
| Post# 334486 , Reply# 21 9/23/2015 at 00:41 (3,128 days old) by Hooverboy81 (Myrtle Place) | ||
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Post# 334507 , Reply# 22 9/23/2015 at 11:29 (3,127 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Jonathan, | ||
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