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Thread Number: 32486
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Vacuum Manufacturer Histories |
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| Post# 356652 7/26/2016 at 07:43 (2,824 days old) by wyaple (Pickerington, OH) | ||
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| Post# 356701 , Reply# 1 7/27/2016 at 09:36 (2,823 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
The story of Lewyt is filled with lies, greed, deception, and even a few deaths.
Some, like Universal, Kingston, Hamilton Beach, GE, Premier, Sunbeam - their stories are simply that tastes changed, and the profit margin in vacuums fell so short that many companies just stopped making them (we can thank discount stores like K-Mart for that). Everyone was advertising the lowest price on vacuums, until there was no where left to cheapen the machines. The ones that stayed on the market cheapened the motor (think Eureka Bravo and Hoover Elite), cheapened the plastic (Regina Housekeeper), and shortened the life expectancy to almost nothing. Then, when you thought they couldn't get any worse, they moved production to China and got WORSE. | ||
| Post# 356703 , Reply# 2 7/27/2016 at 11:37 (2,822 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
This is a good starting point, if not U.S led.
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Post# 356726 , Reply# 3 7/27/2016 at 14:35 (2,822 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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| Post# 356747 , Reply# 4 7/27/2016 at 18:51 (2,822 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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I know one story... Saniway...1960 - 1976. Started by a Airway distributor. sold door to door the machine was a Kingston made in Bronson Michigan. when I have time I will go into detail. | ||
| Post# 356761 , Reply# 5 7/28/2016 at 07:44 (2,822 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 356767 , Reply# 6 7/28/2016 at 09:15 (2,822 days old) by wyaple (Pickerington, OH) | ||
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Thanks for the repsonses and imminent stories to follow | ||
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Post# 356783 , Reply# 7 7/28/2016 at 16:58 (2,821 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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 ~ The Vacuum Cleaner - a History is a very fine book. It was well researched; it benefited from the input of vacuum cleaner collectors and historians including Ann Haines of the Hoover Company, Tom Gasko, Fred Stachnik and others.
I received a copy a couple of years ago from Santa Claus!
Interestingly, a search of eBay revealed there are (at least) two different covers -- one that has a Hoover Dial-A-Matic in the lower center as shown above, and one with a modern, silver-colored hard-body upright in place of the Dial-A-Matic. I don't know what brand it is. See link below.
A half-dozen or so other books on the history of vacuum cleaners have appeared over the years, by and large abysmal -- containing incorrect or inaccurate text, mismatched photos, poor production quality, etc. One of them has a certain collector's favorite phrase as the title -- SUCK, DON'T BLOW! - The Gripping Story of the Vacuum Cleaner and Other Labour Saving Machines Around the House (by Jane Furnival, © 1998, Michael O'Mara Books Ltd., London). CLICK HERE TO GO TO electrolux137's LINK on eBay
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| Post# 356787 , Reply# 8 7/28/2016 at 18:46 (2,821 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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| Post# 356789 , Reply# 9 7/28/2016 at 19:08 (2,821 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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Please excuse me for this; "suck, don't blow"?????????? | ||
| Post# 356912 , Reply# 10 7/31/2016 at 11:44 (2,818 days old) by Jimjimmunster (Hammond, Ind.) | ||
Bissel | ||
| Post# 356914 , Reply# 11 7/31/2016 at 12:29 (2,818 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA) | ||
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| Post# 358698 , Reply# 12 9/4/2016 at 14:06 (2,783 days old) by wyaple (Pickerington, OH) | ||
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Picked up the Kindle Version for less than $15
for Carroll Gantz's book. So far, it's an incredible read! I'm about 130 pages in and what a wild ride vacuums have had from birth to present day. By WWII many fledging companies either were absorbed or went completely under and I was shocked as to what present-day pricing would be on, for example, a 1930's Hoover. I'm now understanding why some people still pay $2000-$4000 for a new, in-house demo'ed machine.
Bill | ||
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