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Thread Number: 39186
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
My "new" Good Housekeeper |
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| Post# 415703 , Reply# 1 11/10/2019 at 21:27 (1,620 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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| Post# 415706 , Reply# 2 11/10/2019 at 22:32 (1,620 days old) by vacuumdevil (Vacuum Hell ) | ||
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| Post# 415717 , Reply# 3 11/10/2019 at 23:50 (1,620 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Post# 415726 , Reply# 5 11/11/2019 at 06:28 (1,620 days old) by tolivac  (Greenville,NC) |
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HMMMM-Wonder if This "Good Housekeeper" company could revive the metal Royal vacuums discontinued by TTI.A thought for us vacuum fans. | ||
| Post# 415730 , Reply# 6 11/11/2019 at 09:35 (1,620 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
That's a Royal Super, built for a sales company (just like Royal built Health-Mor's and Electro-Hygiene's - later they would built Modern Hygiene). The sales company didn't make anything they just employed salesmen to sell the vacuums. Royal didn't build motor-driven brush models until the 1930's - long after Hoover's patent on the MDB was up.
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| Post# 415737 , Reply# 8 11/11/2019 at 11:00 (1,620 days old) by DaveVac (Westlake, Ohio) | ||
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Thanks Thank you all for your input.... RugPileDial, I do see a lot of Kirbys, Royals here because I'm near Cleveland... all my Royals run great..I didn't do anything but oil them They are all straight suction | ||
| Post# 415823 , Reply# 9 11/11/2019 at 23:41 (1,619 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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| Post# 415920 , Reply# 11 11/14/2019 at 22:00 (1,616 days old) by frkirby560 (Memphis, TN) | ||
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"Good Housekeeper" was sold at least during the mid to late 40's because my Aunt had one for some time before she purchased her Kirby 517. It looked like a Royal as the first one above with revolving brush; but it was hammertone red with a red bag. | ||
| Post# 416028 , Reply# 12 11/17/2019 at 05:00 (1,614 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
Good Housekeeper
Congratulations Dave, on a nice find! I've never seen a straight suction Good Housekeeper before, so I'm assuming it's a rare one! Rest assured that your handle and rubber grip are original. The rubber grip was used on all Royal built machines from the early 30's until they switched to vinyl around 1960. I'm pretty sure your bag is original too.
I have the same revolving brush model as the one in your first picture, but yours has a nicer bag. The printing on mine is somewhat faded. Think your nozzle guard may have been replaced, would have been black originally. Is that a model 94 Electro-Hygiene on the left? They were the only one with the hammered finish. Here's a pic of my model 189 Good Housekeeper. Jeff
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| Post# 416274 , Reply# 14 11/21/2019 at 01:59 (1,610 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
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Dave,
Yes, the original guard would have been riveted on. If yours is a model 189, it would have been built between 1945 and 1954, when they were replaced with the 801.
Your hammered Electro-Hygiene is a model 94, the only one with the true hammered finish. It is a pre-war model, built from approx. 1938 to 1942, when production was switched over to products for the war effort. Jeff | ||
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