Thread Number: 32476
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Electrolux vacuum cleaner |
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Post# 356544   7/25/2016 at 04:32 (2,803 days old) by broadlands (Zimbabwe)   |   | |
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Trying to date this model - complete with pipes, polisher head with brushes, cleaning heads, bottle attachment for spraypainting ! Family heirloom, still works ! |
Post# 356574 , Reply# 1   7/25/2016 at 11:00 (2,803 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Post# 356579 , Reply# 2   7/25/2016 at 12:36 (2,803 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Post# 356584 , Reply# 3   7/25/2016 at 13:28 (2,803 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 356590 , Reply# 4   7/25/2016 at 13:57 (2,803 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 356592 , Reply# 5   7/25/2016 at 14:00 (2,803 days old) by Vintagerepairer (England)   |   | |
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I love your subtle irony. I take my hate off to you. |
Post# 356593 , Reply# 6   7/25/2016 at 14:01 (2,803 days old) by Vintagerepairer (England)   |   | |
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Hate? I meant "hat" sorry. |
Post# 356595 , Reply# 7   7/25/2016 at 14:13 (2,803 days old) by sanc (USA)   |   | |
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According to Doug Smith's page that model was produced from 1949 to 1955 in England. CLICK HERE TO GO TO sanc's LINK |
Post# 356596 , Reply# 8   7/25/2016 at 15:14 (2,803 days old) by broadlands (Zimbabwe)   |   | |
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Thanks for the info. And the comments guys - good dates are hard to find in this neck of the woods !!!! |
Post# 356597 , Reply# 9   7/25/2016 at 15:18 (2,803 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Yes, I knew you meant hat!
As I was the man who did all the paperwork for the V.C.C.C. I had to deal with all sorts of things. In those early days I had my mom who was an executive secretary in Chicago cover all lettrers from potential members. Very few people knew this and one member a cross-dresser made his interests known. In a very overt letter asked if he could attend a meeting in drag? As I said, my mom read and answered the letter. Needless to say, he never attended a meeting. In the mid 80's the 'suck' jokes were out of control, and it was a fulltime job to keep things 'clean.' Problem was that some people thought off color jokes are funny, I don't. Alex Taber. |
Post# 356598 , Reply# 10   7/25/2016 at 15:20 (2,803 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 356602 , Reply# 11   7/25/2016 at 18:22 (2,803 days old) by vaclover (Freestate, Virginia, South Africa)   |   | |
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thats very interesting. are you a collector or just interested to know when the machine was made? im a collector from a small town in the freestate south africa and i was very excited to meet 3 other collectors here from south africa. |
Post# 356630 , Reply# 12   7/25/2016 at 21:12 (2,802 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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~ Sorry for the pun, broadlands (using your screen name). Couldn't resist!
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Post# 356631 , Reply# 13   7/25/2016 at 21:47 (2,802 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 356678 , Reply# 14   7/26/2016 at 16:21 (2,802 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 356682 , Reply# 15   7/26/2016 at 16:56 (2,802 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 356700 , Reply# 16   7/27/2016 at 09:29 (2,801 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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I love off color humor and jokes. But then again, my sense of humor is similar to Joan River's sense of humor.
If I had a dime for every time someone came into the Vacuum Museum and said "your job must really suck", I'd be a millionaire. My response is always "if we do our jobs right, they will" (referring to the quality of the Simplicity and Riccar vacuums made in the factory adjacent to the Museum). |
Post# 356722 , Reply# 17   7/27/2016 at 13:37 (2,801 days old) by Kirbysthebest (Midwest)   |   | |
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When someone said "your job sucks." I would reply " Other vacuum cleaners suck." "We get the dirt."
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Post# 356728 , Reply# 18   7/27/2016 at 14:38 (2,801 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 356751 , Reply# 19   7/27/2016 at 21:14 (2,800 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Electrolux seems to have had a pretty good sense of humor about it. (These are actual ads, and there were several other variations on the theme as well.) |