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Thread Number: 39687
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
Franz Premear bag |
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| Post# 421102 3/4/2020 at 22:15 (1,512 days old) by Hutch4187 (Waseca) | ||
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After I polished it up I couldn't take it anymore ,so today I broke out the old sewing machine and made a bag for the Franz Premier. I think it makes it look complete hate to see it sitting there like a skeleton. | ||
| Post# 421109 , Reply# 1 3/4/2020 at 23:17 (1,512 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
Nice | ||
| Post# 421120 , Reply# 2 3/5/2020 at 01:27 (1,512 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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| Post# 421122 , Reply# 3 3/5/2020 at 03:54 (1,512 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
I do say you make a fine bag! It's hard to tell what color the bag would be because these are so seldom seen intact and the ads from the time are black and white.
I found a page with some history about the vacuum - much of it gleaned from the ads - but it looks like it was made from 1913 to 1916. The first year model was fairly flat and then the next year they changed it to an angled-upward motor for some reason. oldapplianceads.com/frantz-premi... What cost $27.50 in 1914 would cost $711.06 in 2019. You can see why these are so rare. Not only one of the first electric vacuums but a luxury at that! $25 was about what you would pay for a whole month's rent in a wealthy upper middle class household back in 1915 - if the husband approved of such 'newfangled technology' that is.
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| Post# 421126 , Reply# 4 3/5/2020 at 07:58 (1,512 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
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| Post# 421243 , Reply# 5 3/7/2020 at 21:10 (1,509 days old) by BriGuy (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
I have a Frantz Premier that looks identical. I haven’t polished mine although I have recently given it some consideration. Mine still has the original bag which is a rarity. Yours is only the 3rd FP I’ve seen in a collection. They are scarce from what I can find out.
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