Thread Number: 43411  /  Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
The Christmas Set from (nearly) 102 Years Ago
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Post# 453412   6/6/2022 at 12:52 (683 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)        

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For some reason the whole ad is no longer available, but these were advertised side by side in the Saturday Evening Post during the Christmas season(the pictured examples being from Nov. 13) of 1920.



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Post# 453415 , Reply# 1   6/6/2022 at 14:38 (683 days old) by texaskirbyguy (Plano, TX)        

Cool!
I have the Torrington wooden sweeper in the same color that I had bought from my friend's thrift store last year. Looks like I need its electric companion next, lol...


Post# 453454 , Reply# 2   6/7/2022 at 09:41 (683 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)        

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There were only, I believe, two models of Torrington uprights. You have one pictured, and this is the other one. I believe the difference is how the dirt exited the fan case.

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Post# 453461 , Reply# 3   6/7/2022 at 10:37 (682 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)        

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Yep, the B and the C. The motors were the same internally, but on the B quite literally every other piece is rolled or pressed steel that has been nickeled. I wish I still had my model C carcass to compare it to, but I do remember that the model C had a much more advanced design for the head and the handle latch.


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