Thread Number: 34324
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
Stark's new vacuum cleaner museum |
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Post# 371810   5/5/2017 at 17:33 (2,518 days old) by toastermike (Milwaukie Oregon)   |   | |
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Stark's Vacuums in Portland has had a museum that some of you have seen. It occupied a small wing of their original store for a long time. They have been remodeling the store and have reduced the museum to a wall display, but it is nicely done with a time line and related photos.
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Post# 371834 , Reply# 1   5/6/2017 at 09:24 (2,518 days old) by Westinghouseman (Capron, Illinois, 13 miles due north of Belvidere, Illinois.)   |   | |
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Although Stark's did a fantastic job on the vintage vacuum wall, what happened to the rest of the vintage collection? I have visited the museum twice, once in 2001 and again in 2012, and the museum housed some other vintage machines that were in very good condition. Hope the machines are stored or went to some enthusiastic collector(s).
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Post# 376201 , Reply# 2   8/1/2017 at 00:33 (2,431 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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www.oregonlive.com/portland/index...
This will explain how the current version of the museum came to be... The space where the museum originally was, it's now being leased out. The new museum is now on the main floor, and the designer of the new museum, Jeff Kraemer, painstakingly chose (under the direction of Rick Nye, the curator) which of the 25 vacuums that really mattered to Stark's the most. I too hope that the remaining 300 or so vacuums found good homes! ~Ben |
Post# 376350 , Reply# 3   8/3/2017 at 16:54 (2,428 days old) by akabent (LEFT Coast)   |   | |
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Very Nice array of cleaners; several of my favorites for sure! Yes, I hope the balance were either stored or made their way into deserving, responsible collectors!
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Post# 376372 , Reply# 4   8/4/2017 at 09:41 (2,428 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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