Thread Number: 39528
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Electrolux Model E-Automatic for Home Economics Classes |
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Post# 419353   1/31/2020 at 16:56 (1,518 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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~ Here is one of the "crown jewels" of my collection, a beautiful Electrolux E-Automatic I found on eBay back in 2004. It was in beautiful shape, appearing as though it had hardly been used. It had the original hose that looked to be in perfect condition. It came with all the standard attachments (including steel wands). There was also a polisher, sprayer and vaporizer.
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Post# 419354 , Reply# 1   1/31/2020 at 16:58 (1,518 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Post# 419368 , Reply# 2   1/31/2020 at 21:53 (1,518 days old) by Luxman107 (USA )   |   | |
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What a beautiful machine. If you ever decide to sell please let me know |
Post# 419380 , Reply# 5   2/1/2020 at 04:14 (1,517 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Post# 419383 , Reply# 6   2/1/2020 at 06:51 (1,517 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211)   |   | |
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Well done, Charles. I can't think of anyone else who will appreciate this rare gem as much as you do. I'd love to know how many Automatic E's were made for this particular purpose. I visit alot of high schools and junior high schools to repair sewing machines. I don't see a single vacuum cleaner in any classroom.
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Post# 419408 , Reply# 9   2/2/2020 at 09:39 (1,516 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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When I was growing up in Raleigh in the '70s, everyone--boys as well as girls--had to take nine weeks of home ec. in seventh grade. I don't recall seeing any vacuum cleaners in the classroom. The curriculum was geared mainly to cooking and sewing. I have to wonder if they even teach home ec. in middle and high schools anymore or if it's one of those things that got the axe to make room for more STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) in the curriculum. The idea of training girls to be housewives seems pretty anachronistic here in the twenty-first century. 'Leave it to Beaver' was a long time ago.
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Post# 419410 , Reply# 10   2/2/2020 at 10:29 (1,516 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL)   |   | |
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AS someone who went through the public school system fairly recently, I can say Home-Ec is not required, at least in Illinois. Cooking is an Elective for high schoolers (if their school still has it in the budget to offer it), but sewing is gone, and the cooking class is very basic. I took it in 12th grade to fill an open hour in my schedule and didn't learn a thing all year, but I suppose I knew what cooking really was before starting that class.
It really is sad, I watched kids in those classes not be able to handle anything in the kitchen beyond pouring a glass of milk. I fear the world of tomorrow when the adolescence of today takes over |
Post# 419418 , Reply# 11   2/2/2020 at 15:28 (1,516 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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The home ec course I had to take some 45 years ago was pretty lame. All the 'sewing' we learned was how to thread a needle and sew on a button, which I had learned a couple of years earlier in scouts. The scoutmaster made us cut a button off of our uniform shirt and sew it back on. For 'cooking', we learned basic kitchen safety, how to measure dry and liquid ingredients and maybe how to boil water. I learned more about cooking watching 'The Galloping Gourmet' on TV.
But you're right, Andy. It's pretty sad that today's youth are basically left to fend for themselves without being taught any real daily life survival skills. And I say this as a community college professor. |
Post# 419424 , Reply# 12   2/2/2020 at 18:01 (1,516 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Nice find! One of a kid there. That's vacuum you can look for decades and never see another one.
My high school (I was in 2006+) had home ec and auto shop - but you had to be a senior and have a certain GPA to enroll in it. So 95% of the school never got those classes. Also the hose is fine. It is a woven nylon over a rubber sleeve over coiled spring. |
Post# 420738 , Reply# 13   2/27/2020 at 13:32 (1,491 days old) by Rdwdcp (UK)   |   | |
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Nice Electrolux |
Post# 420751 , Reply# 14   2/27/2020 at 21:08 (1,491 days old) by keither (California )   |   | |
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