Thread Number: 37553
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
Landers, Frary & Clark Universal Vacuum Cleaner |
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Post# 400528 , Reply# 1   11/7/2018 at 18:06 (1,968 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Very cool vacuum! As much as I could find out, Landers, Frary & Clark were a department store in business from 1865 to 1965 in Connecticut. They rebadged name brand appliances to their own brand, sometimes making cheaper counterparts of the name brand models. I think this vacuum originally had a plug that would screw into a lamp socket, but I am not sure.
It looks like it's been sitting in damp places, and being open like that it likely has gone rusty as well as had the oil gum up. I'm making a rough guess that it's from early in the Prohibition era. Not sure if the green is original to it or someone painted it, but I can't imagine they would have back in those days. |
Post# 400529 , Reply# 2   11/7/2018 at 18:09 (1,968 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 444771 , Reply# 4   8/16/2021 at 15:45 (955 days old) by texbodemer (Mountlake Terrace)   |   | |
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The paint looks like finishes on a lot of prewar office furniture--my office has some fireproof cabinets (from around 1930ish) that are painted a similar green. Underwood painted their portable typewriters a similar shade of green, and based on the way it's flaking, it's consistent with pre-WWII paint.
That is an awesome machine, by the way! |
Post# 444772 , Reply# 5   8/16/2021 at 15:48 (955 days old) by texbodemer (Mountlake Terrace)   |   | |
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Post# 444796 , Reply# 6   8/16/2021 at 22:24 (954 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 444800 , Reply# 7   8/17/2021 at 05:50 (954 days old) by wcash (Wilmington, NC)   |   | |
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From visual inspection I believe one of the wheels is geared to turn the brush roller however the wheel will not turn freely and I did not try to force it. The other wheel does turn freely. |
Post# 444802 , Reply# 8   8/17/2021 at 09:59 (954 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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I found the ad for it, I don't think that paint is original. The motor and maybe head were made by Birtman. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:...
If Husky is no longer interested, I'll gladly take it. |
Post# 444818 , Reply# 9   8/17/2021 at 17:44 (954 days old) by wcash (Wilmington, NC)   |   | |
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Hoover 300 - I sent you an email at your profile address. |
Post# 444823 , Reply# 10   8/17/2021 at 19:30 (954 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 444827 , Reply# 11   8/18/2021 at 05:20 (953 days old) by wcash (Wilmington, NC)   |   | |
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Huskyvacs - please contact me via email. I didn't find your email address on your profile. My email address is wcash@ec.rr.com. |
Post# 445115 , Reply# 12   8/24/2021 at 19:22 (947 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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