Thread Number: 39372
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
One of the Rarest Vacuums in Existence |
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Post# 417649   12/27/2019 at 19:55 (1,552 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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Does anyone have any info on this? I once saw the motor unit for one on eBay, but passed it up. It is from about 1910 but that is basically all I know. I also saw one in the corner of a vacuum collection post card but I can't find it. Does someone have one? If so, does it work well? Btw, the third pic cut short, it is a Western Electric Sturtevant.
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Post# 417651 , Reply# 1   12/27/2019 at 20:59 (1,552 days old) by Lindseysires123 (Siberia)   |   | |
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I actually just came across one of these at a flea market in southern iowa. Are you interested? I am willing to take offers. |
Post# 417653 , Reply# 2   12/27/2019 at 21:27 (1,552 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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Post# 417654 , Reply# 3   12/27/2019 at 21:57 (1,552 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 417655 , Reply# 4   12/27/2019 at 22:51 (1,552 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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Post# 417666 , Reply# 5   12/28/2019 at 08:22 (1,552 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN)   |   | |
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Very rare!I have only seen ads or pictures.Was the post card from a mid west museum?An accessory for this to clean under furniture was a wand about 3 ft long that inserted where straight suction nozzle is and then nozzle went on end of that. |
Post# 417672 , Reply# 6   12/28/2019 at 09:24 (1,552 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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It may have been a museum, but the photo was taken in the 80s so it could have been a collector. I just remember that it had a red bag. Very clever attachment, I am surprised it wasn't used on more things. If I can find the pic I will post it. BTW the full pics of these are available at sturtevantfan.com
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Post# 417676 , Reply# 7   12/28/2019 at 11:15 (1,552 days old) by Phaeton (Los Angeles )   |   | |
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Yes I did buy the motor assembly that was on eBay just because I found to be odd. The little thing actually runs good. I believe there was a collector that lent one to the vacuum museum some time back. My understanding is that the fan cage used a Sturtevant design and the motor was Western Electric. In the day of a Royal straight suction or Eureka vacuum or even the more expensive Hoover, one wonders why buy the Western Electric vacuum.
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Post# 417686 , Reply# 8   12/28/2019 at 13:29 (1,552 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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Its in a museum. Or at least was.
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Post# 417697 , Reply# 9   12/28/2019 at 15:39 (1,552 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)   |   | |
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I've been to Starks several times. And while I didn't attend, the V.C.C.C. had a convention there some years back.
I really like the non-electric pumpers like this one.
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Post# 417701 , Reply# 10   12/28/2019 at 19:14 (1,551 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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Post# 417705 , Reply# 11   12/28/2019 at 20:23 (1,551 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211)   |   | |
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Post# 417708 , Reply# 12   12/28/2019 at 22:08 (1,551 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 417712 , Reply# 13   12/29/2019 at 00:55 (1,551 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 417754 , Reply# 14   12/29/2019 at 21:20 (1,550 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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The heavy stereotype of woman is easily seen.
I believe this is 100 year anniversary of females being able to vote. It's odd how advertising tells what society accepts as normal. I guess now you say Alexa vacuum house. We have no manners to say please and thank you. I guess in another 100 years AI can vote and stereotype will be more advanced. Les |
Post# 417767 , Reply# 15   12/30/2019 at 00:40 (1,550 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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Now today,if you gave a woman a vacuum cleaner-wonder if she would turn around and sock you? |
Post# 418045 , Reply# 16   1/2/2020 at 23:24 (1,546 days old) by BriGuy (Wichita, Kansas)   |   | |
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Here’s my Frantz Premier. I see it was mentioned above. I was fortunate to find this at an auction a few years ago. Looked like it had been sitting in a barn for decades.
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