Thread Number: 43622  /  Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
The late, Great Stan Kann
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Post# 455457   8/4/2022 at 11:57 (602 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)        

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Stan Kann was arguably the worlds first vacuum cleaner collector. His collection was amazing. Stan loved vacuums made before World War II, because he was made before World War II. His favorite vacuum was the Hoover 700. Stan gave me this beautiful Hoover 102 while he was still with us. It has the original bag. That was very important to him. I think every vacuum collector needs to know who he was. A kind, funny, caring man. I had so much fun every Sunday helping him polish and maintain his collection. It didn’t hurt that we would go upstairs in his house and he would play beautiful music, as he was a theater organist who is world renowned for music. But I think he loved vacuum cleaners even more. He just didn’t have very many people to share it with.



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Post# 455458 , Reply# 1   8/4/2022 at 12:09 (602 days old) by centralvacs1928 (Chicagoland)        

I feel fortunate to have met him. He had an amazing collection and great stories.

Post# 455459 , Reply# 2   8/4/2022 at 12:21 (602 days old) by maytag142c (Somewhere over the rainbow. )        

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I was fortunate enough to have had a few conversations with him over the phone. He even sent me the belt cover to my 700. He was a kind man, very knowledgeable, and had a wonderful sense of humor. I’m very proud to have had that time.

Post# 455460 , Reply# 3   8/4/2022 at 13:52 (602 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)        
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I met Stan when he was living in Hollywood. I got to know him through a mutual friend who came over to my place one day and declared, "I don't believe it! Another nut with a house-full of old vacuum cleaners!"

Wait, what--? ANOTHER friend with old vacuum cleaners? Knock me down with a crevice tool!

He replied, “I can’t believe you've never heard of Stan Kann, that zany guy who’s been on the Carson show a bunch of times with his gadgets and antique vacuum cleaners that never work! He's the organist at my church.”

I couldn’t believe my ears! Another person on this planet who not only is interested in vacuums but who is also a church organist, like me. I was very anxious to meet him. My friend didn’t know Stan's number but thought it was in the phone book.

The next day I looked up his telephone number. I phoned him and introduced myself by saying, “Mr. Kann, my name is Charlie Lester [the name I went by at the time]. You don’t know me, but I am calling because we have something in common.”

“What's that?” came the vaguely suspicious reply.

“I have here in my living room a 1937 Electrolux Model XXX, a 1925 Scott and Fetzer Sanitation System, and a 1936 Hoover Model 150 vacuum cleaner.”

In his inimitable way, he asked, “Well, what are you doing with all that stuff!?” He was quite surprised to hear from me, and we talked for a long time that first day.

Stan and I immediately became dear friends, and from that fateful day in 1991 that we first met until the day he moved back to St. Louis in 1998, I was a regular fixture in his home, and he in mine. We also had a rarely-missed, standing Wednesday evening dinner date at the Bob’s Big Boy Restaurant on Wilshire Boulevard (now torn down, alas) where we’d talk about music and vacuum cleaners.

It was a sad day indeed in the Spring of 1998 when I stood in his driveway on Highland Avenue and bid him a teary farewell as he left to return to St. Louis. Of course, we maintained our deep friendship via telephone and mail, and I did see him several times in the intervening years, even performing together at Plummer Auditorium in 2003. But, obviously, that was not the same as having him nearly walking distance from my apartment.

I had just spoken to Stan the Saturday before he died, having called to tell him about an exciting opportunity that had come to me out of the blue: I would be flying to Sydney, Australia at the end of October to celebrate the 100th Birthday of the Hoover Company, where I was a media representative to discuss the history of the Hoover Vacuum Cleaner and to help show a large Hoover exhibit at the Contemporary Art Museum in Sydney. Stan was very enthused to hear about this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and said, “Be sure to tell me all about it when you get back.”

If only I could have.


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Post# 455462 , Reply# 4   8/4/2022 at 15:50 (602 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)        

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Thank you for sharing Charles. Stan always spoke so highly of you and really valued your friendship.

I would sit and listen to his stories for hours. I was just reminded a few days ago of the story he told about the door-to-door Air-Way man whom he stopped and asked for a brochure on his way home from school. That brochure was for an Air-Way twin motor Chief. I have that very brochure that he was given that day. I still have so much of his literature and paperwork that I have not cataloged.


Post# 455463 , Reply# 5   8/4/2022 at 16:46 (602 days old) by Vinvac (Dubuque IA)        

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Stan was an amazing man. He could be playing the Mighty Wurlitzer, humming a totally different tune and entertaining all at one time.

I never had the privilege to hear him play in person but did get to visit his home, see his collection and with the advice of other club members avoided riding with him. I tried following him and quickly understood why riding with him could be a bit of a problem.

I also have seen re-runs of his time on the Johnny Carson show.

So thankful that his friends at the Fox Theater were so good to him and that the organ he worked so hard to save is still being maintained and cared for in the same way Stan would have cared for it.



Post# 455482 , Reply# 6   8/5/2022 at 09:39 (601 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)        

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This Hoover, model 541, belonged to Stan’s Aunt Cora. He wrote a little note about it and put it under the wrapped cord. Apparently it was purchased in 1923. He told me she would wipe it off with a rag every time she saw it. The matte finish was correct, Hoover would not polish and shine any of their machines until 1926. This is one of the models Stan always showed off. He was so proud of this vacuum, and the care that had been taken of it since it was new. The fact that it had belonged to his aunt was icing on the cake.

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Post# 455502 , Reply# 7   8/5/2022 at 18:10 (601 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)        
Electrolux 137.

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Do you remember the day you brought Stan to my house in La Mesa, California? That was a fun day.

Alex Taber.


Post# 455511 , Reply# 8   8/6/2022 at 10:24 (600 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)        
Alex

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Hans has told me the story many times of going with Charles and the late Stan Kann to visit you. He said he almost died in a car wreck as Stan was so short he couldn't see over the top of the steering wheel. And paid no attention to what or who was around his car. I rode with him on several occasions and can say it was like taking your life into your own hands.

Hans said you had a beautiful ranch style home in California that was spotless and immaculate (Hans' Words)




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Post# 455519 , Reply# 9   8/6/2022 at 15:38 (600 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)        
I forgot Hans was there.

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That was a fun day.

Yes that house was awesome, here are a few pictures. Some with the original carpeting, others with the new. A dark green. I really landed in a bucket of gold when I bought that house. You might like the second to last pic in this line up. That was in my bedroom. Hint, the vacuum cleaner that started it all. And it's still my daily driver. In last pic the plug on the cord winder had snapped off. So it's a model LXI, but has the correct winder now. If you look closely at the first pic. you'll see the Whirlwind in the left corner.


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Post# 455521 , Reply# 10   8/6/2022 at 15:59 (600 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)        
Forgot the fireplace.

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This was also with the original carpet. As to the silver vacuum cleaner in the dining room it's a Dust Killer. Dates back to 1909, and was the first one in a Sears catalog. Cat next to it was a Japanese bobtail named Schoch, meaning small. I know you saw my Whirlwind, and used it, but for those who have never seen one, here it is. And yes, the photo is all of us at Hoover in 1994. That was a fun meeting.

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Post# 455522 , Reply# 11   8/6/2022 at 16:20 (600 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)        
Pictures of Dust Killer and Whirlwind,

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were not taken in that house in California. They predate it by about three years.

Tom, do you know the joke about that house? It was on Prince Lane. A block away was Queen Avenue. Had I bought a house there I'd never be able to live it down. As it was, I had that house for ten years, and loved it.

Oh, cat on fireplace hearth is a statue, not real. And as to Caligula, the cat in my avatar, as I recall you met him in 1993. That was also a fun weekend.


Post# 455529 , Reply# 12   8/6/2022 at 18:12 (600 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)        
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Hans told me in great detail about that house today. But I couldn’t begin to imagine how lovely that carpet is. That shade of green is my husbands favorite. I love your kitchen. Love love love it. I know it’s not yours anymore but. What I wouldn’t have given to cook a meal in it. I was recently gifted what I considered to be one of those rare gifts that come along in life. An original virtually new box, hose, and attachments for a model 60. The box is on the wall at my store and I think of you every time I look at it. You have definitely made an impression on me with your model 60. It’s been three decades, and I still remember all of the things you told me about it. Things I never knew.

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Post# 455531 , Reply# 13   8/6/2022 at 19:58 (600 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)        
Thanks Tom:

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That kitchen was completely remolded before the owner put it up for sale. It was a dream house for sure, but what sold me was the real knotty pine and the cathedral ceilings. Never took pictures of the garage, which was my display room, but as you saw the V.C.C.C. clubhouse in Naperville, you have a good idea. As to the kitchen, the best feature is not shown. A baking counter of the same tile. I did a lot of cooking, and baking in that house. It truly was a dream come true. Glad you have gotten to see the pictures. And here's a look at my first Christmas tree, yes with old carpet.

Alex.


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Post# 455532 , Reply# 14   8/6/2022 at 20:04 (600 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)        
Ah yes the Electrolux box.

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Have a look at this one. Look familiar?

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Post# 455544 , Reply# 15   8/7/2022 at 09:43 (599 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)        

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One of Stan's vacuums that he always demonstrated (and he took it on the Tonight Show), was a vac he called "The Dust Killer". Non-Electric and in beautiful condition, the hose had a glass see-thru chamber where you could see the dust swirl. Unlike other non-electric tank type cleaners, this one had the ability for the hose to be used at the ejection end of the bellows, making it into a blower. How much fun for the whole family?

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Post# 455545 , Reply# 16   8/7/2022 at 09:47 (599 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)        
Tom,

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nice avatar.

I'm talking about the dog. As you know, modern vacuum cleaners hold no interest to me, anything past 1960 is dull as dishwater. Well except for Electrolux, and Kirby, I'll, give them to the late 1960's 1205, and D-80 respectfully. And as you know my favorites are still the very early ones like the Dust Killer, or Hoover model O.

I know you met Caligula, he was a young cat back then. Did you know he lived a few months shy of 20? These pic's. are my first Christmas at Prince Lane, the second is the previous Christmas in Naperville, and the last is Christmas of 1989, at a friend's house in Lombard, Illinois.


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Post# 455548 , Reply# 17   8/7/2022 at 10:15 (599 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)        
Actually it's an Ideal.

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One of the early ones, I think 1890. Dust Killer was a two tier machine that was introduced in 1909, and the first vacuum cleaner in the Sears catalog. The first electric in their catalog was the Eckhardt. I posted the Dust Killer before, but will post both now. Eckhardt is bottom right of pic. 2. The line up is Lakeside, Dust Killer. Lower machines are, Cyclone, Ideal (different version than Stan's,) and the Eckhardt.

Do you have a Leisure? That thing was a beast! Got it right after our annual meeting in 93. Got it from Peter Frye, who was also with us that weekend, remember him?


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Post# 455549 , Reply# 18   8/7/2022 at 10:18 (599 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)        
Better look.

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Eckhardt, 1911.

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Post# 455550 , Reply# 19   8/7/2022 at 10:26 (599 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)        

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Sorry about duplicated pics.

Post# 455552 , Reply# 20   8/7/2022 at 11:00 (599 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)        
Alex

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I do remember Peter Frye. What a nice man. You have so many interesting non-electric cleaners. Such early examples of suction cleaning.

Our pets are our children. 20 years is a testament to how well you loved and cared for him.

My new Shepherd/Husky puppy is Mr. Zakk. He loves vacuums of all kinds.


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Post# 455558 , Reply# 21   8/7/2022 at 12:27 (599 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)        

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Stan Kann’s favorite. The Hoover model 700. All the machines in his collection have their original bags. So proud to display them to the public. He was not a Hoover snob. He loved other vacuums as well. He was not big into Kirby‘s. After the Hoover model 700, his favorite vacuum was the Airway upright.

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Post# 455562 , Reply# 22   8/7/2022 at 14:40 (599 days old) by myvacsrock (USA)        
I had no idea

the Hoover Model 700 was Stan's favorite. It's mine as well, and it's one of the few that will never leave. It's essentially a perfect vacuum! (For the time)
I never got to meet the great, but I love hearing the stories about him!


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Post# 455564 , Reply# 23   8/7/2022 at 16:21 (599 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)        
Tom.

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My pets were my kids too, nice puppy, give Mr. zakk a hug from me.

My favorite Hoover is the 541. I remember when I went to Los Angeles to see Stan, he lived next door to the apartment building owned by Mae West. I remember he took me to the basement where there were hundreds of boxes. Bags, attachments, hoses, and perhaps machines, all packed and staked, it was amazing.


My late partner, Charles, was quite impressed that I knew Stan. When he and I attended the Convention in 2006, he had to tour the Fox theater, and I mean to the top floor. Meeting Stan was a special treat for him. Sad to say Charles passed away a few weeks later, July 2. I'm convinced he stayed alive to meet Stan.

Here's a pic. of Charles at the convention in 2005, held in Los Angeles. He'd just bought his first vacuum cleaner, a 1930 upright Health-Mor, but was using this Electro Hygine in a cleaning contest as I looked on.


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Post# 455581 , Reply# 24   8/8/2022 at 11:56 (598 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)        
Kyle

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Kyle, What a beautiful model 700 you have. Stan would have loved you for many reasons. He always enjoyed talking to people who could fix and restore vacuums.

Over the weekend, my dear friend Adam came by and we polished Stan’s Hoover model 725, and made a short video of it running. It has been a few years since Stan’s Collection was polished. They will all be gleaming by the third weekend in September for the vacuum cleaner convention.


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Post# 455585 , Reply# 25   8/8/2022 at 12:46 (598 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)        

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The 725 was the first Hoover with a cooling fan attached to the armature. All the rest of the models were enclosed motors. As the most powerful motor they ever used, it produced enough heat that it needed its own cooling fan for the electrical system. You will note the orange band that surrounds the motor, indicating this is a model 725.

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Post# 455599 , Reply# 26   8/8/2022 at 16:01 (598 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)        

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Happy Birthday to what used to be the Hoover Company. Any Hoover made before World War II was perfect with Stan. He loved the little “sing“, as he called it, when they started up at the very throw of the switch.

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Post# 455604 , Reply# 27   8/8/2022 at 16:44 (598 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)        

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Hoovrah Shamoovrah. Stan always said the magnificent twin motor Air-Way was just as good as a Hoover. Must have been because of the rubber mounted “vibrators“ that beat the carpet. This particular model is the only one I have ever seen in my entire life. Stan gave it to me, on a rainy night, after dinner at his home. The last time I ever saw him use it was on the carpet runner in front of his sink. Right before he gave it to me. That’s the kind of man he was. The Air-Way Zephyr. Air-Way’s finest cleaner. Or as I call it “the Hoover Killer“.

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Post# 455610 , Reply# 28   8/8/2022 at 20:53 (598 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)        

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Hey, that's a Modern Hygine in the far right corner. I have one, and love it. I have that model Air-Way too, as well as the first one, the Sanitation system.

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Post# 455621 , Reply# 29   8/9/2022 at 12:33 (597 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)        

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Stan thought the world of his Ohio Tuec. He used to have two of them, until one of them was stolen. This one is in the safekeeping, and has been for years. I cherish his collection and show it off every day.

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Post# 455627 , Reply# 30   8/9/2022 at 13:21 (597 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)        
Ohio Tuec.

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Remember the one Dave Watters used in the clubhouse of the V.C.C.C. in May of 1993.

Post# 455628 , Reply# 31   8/9/2022 at 13:25 (597 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)        

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Tom keeps trying to pull this thread back on-topic, and it keeps getting pulled back out into left field. laughing 


Post# 455629 , Reply# 32   8/9/2022 at 13:27 (597 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)        
"A Visit With Stan Kann"

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Post# 455631 , Reply# 33   8/9/2022 at 14:13 (597 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)        
Charles

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Thank you for posting the link. Stan was also incredibly funny. I laughed out loud at his jokes many times.

Stan gave me this Singer many years ago.


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Post# 455640 , Reply# 34   8/9/2022 at 15:47 (597 days old) by luxlife (Under a Pecan Tree)        
Keeping history alive….

Tom,

You’re such good steward of this collection. So much history in one room, certainly more than what remains in a defunct vacuum factory which is still struggling to reinvent itself as an office complex. I look forward to seeing these in person someday.


Post# 455643 , Reply# 35   8/9/2022 at 16:06 (597 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)        
John

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I agree. Walking around an empty factory and posing like a model for the elderly, is the result of drinking poison tea.

This is a General Electric from Stan‘s collection that he used to clean the vacuum bags out with, as they were all cloth bags except for the Air-Ways. I spent every other Sunday morning with him, and wouldn’t trade those experiences for all the “Tea” in China.


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Post# 455644 , Reply# 36   8/9/2022 at 16:11 (597 days old) by kirbyklekter (Concord,Ca.)        
May I just say

This thread has been so enjoyable to read and I continue to check back every day for more comments to read. The interview with Mr.Kann was the best ever. I saw him maybe three of the 77 times he was on Carson's Tonight Show.

If I had met Mr.Kann and lived near him I would have offered to work on his vacuum cleaners with him or clean his house,take out the trash, anything just to be able to spend time with him and listening to his many many stories of his past. He seemed to have a great memory for details.

It's easy for me to see why those who were blessed to know him are still sharing memories of him and his many qualities and in a way "keeping him alive!" Thanks for sharing with the rest of us!


Post# 455645 , Reply# 37   8/9/2022 at 16:44 (597 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)        

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In 1932, Hoover celebrated their Silver jubilee, 25 years in business. This is Stan’s Hoover 425. The only coffee can Hoover to take a flat belt. By the way, the Hoover elite belt works perfectly. This bag is extraordinarily rare and Stan was quite proud of it. He has a story about how he came to obtain it from the Hoover engineering department themselves.

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Post# 455652 , Reply# 38   8/9/2022 at 20:22 (597 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)        

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Bill C. Kinder: Thank you for your kind remarks about my interview with Stan Kann. When transcribing the tapes I made with him, I'd sometimes get to laughing so hard that I could barely type. He was indeed a "National Treasure" and one of the most interesting, sincere, kind people I have ever had the pleasure to meet.


Post# 455662 , Reply# 39   8/10/2022 at 08:55 (596 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)        

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Stan was so proud of his silver jubilee Hoover model 425. Of all his vacuums in his collection, I think he used his 425 to clean his house the most. I never saw it downstairs with the collection. It was either on the second floor or the third floor, plugged in, ready to go at a moments notice. In the many years that I’ve had his collection, I’ve turned this one on twice. It always brings a tear to my eye from the memory of him.

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Post# 455728 , Reply# 40   8/11/2022 at 10:59 (595 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)        

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Every time Stan would get this one out, he always made a little joke about the fact that this is a General Electric model 69.

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Post# 455730 , Reply# 41   8/11/2022 at 11:09 (595 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)        

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He was one of a kind.

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Post# 455733 , Reply# 42   8/11/2022 at 12:09 (595 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)        

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The Premier duplex on the left and the GE on the right. Both of these old ladies are still running. They were both some of the first motor driven brush vacuums that General Electric built. Stan used the Premier a lot more.

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Post# 455737 , Reply# 43   8/11/2022 at 15:20 (595 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)        

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Still around. The public can actually plug them in. I love them. And they're not in someone's damp, cramped, moldy basement. Pictures are one thing but being able to actually vacuum with a Hoover Senior - priceless.

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Post# 455743 , Reply# 44   8/11/2022 at 17:07 (595 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)        

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Stan’s Singer R1 from the early 30’s. With the backwards revolving brush. If you push the machine onto the rug from the fringe side, because the brush rotates backwards it does not seize the fringe. I love having such a wide variety to the collection.

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Post# 455755 , Reply# 45   8/11/2022 at 22:31 (595 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada)        
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Luxlife & Tom Gasko, Dysonman1 - What's up with you bashing & making negative comments about John Long, Gottahaveahoove?

"You’re such good steward of this collection. So much history in one room, certainly more than what remains in a defunct vacuum factory which is still struggling to reinvent itself as an office complex. I look forward to seeing these in person someday." "I agree. Walking around an empty factory and posing like a model for the elderly, is the result of drinking poison tea."

What exactly does this have to do with the topic at hand, talking about Stan Kann? So you may not exactly be fond of John or be friends with him, and vice versa. Is that sufficient reason to subtly attack the man in this thread, just because he so happened to visit the Hoover Museum, the former Hoover factory grounds and friends who share his passion for Hoover recently and documented his trip? And exactly how is talking and criticizing how the former Hoover factory is trying to re-invent itself as a office building, or referring to someone's homemade iced tea as poisonous part of constructive, positive conversation that is relevant to Stan Kann? I hardly think so.

In fact, if Stan Kann was alive, and a member of this forum and reading this, I don't think he would be impressed with either of your comments. And I also think he would praise a member on here that has that much of a appreciation for the Hoover brand to the point where his entire collection consists of the brand and he regularly pays homage to it. After all, Tom, you have shown many photos of Stan's favorite Hoovers, and the comments you have made in your other posts on this thread seem to suggest it was one of the brands Stan favoured owning and using.

I personally admire John's love of the Hoover brand - it's refreshing to see someone who has a favourite brand and is that loyal to it. Neither of you have to like Hoover, or John, but maybe we should be positive and appreciative of the fact that John did visit a vacuum museum recently, even if it's not the one you would have him visit. It's about time we start respecting and supporting each other and what specific aspects of collecting we like, rather than tearing each other down.

A recent comment Vacuumdevil, Alex, aka Performance Reviews, made here on the central vac thread, 43546, is spot on: It seems the admin on this site is hardly paying attention to this site, and there are way too many members that are toxic, full of drama, and like to stir the pot. I will go as far to say that I have to wonder if it's the perfect time to tear this ENTIRE SITE down and it no longer exists....yes, it has gotten that bad. I personally can't be bothered, considering I have a job, home to tend to, a partner, my hobbies, etc. Life is too busy and short to put up with a bunch of toxic drama queens arguing on a site about vacuum cleaners!

Rob





Post# 455758 , Reply# 46   8/12/2022 at 00:28 (595 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)        

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Here's one of Stan Kann's appearances on the Tonight Show, maybe the funniest of them all!



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Post# 455767 , Reply# 47   8/12/2022 at 09:37 (594 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county)        

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Many people had no idea that Stan wrote a book or recorded a CD. Such an immense talent. Although he was no good at cooking. Ask me how I know.

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Post# 455768 , Reply# 48   8/12/2022 at 09:46 (594 days old) by luxlife (Under a Pecan Tree)        
Stan Kann on the organ

I just found quite a few videos on YouTube of Stan at the Fox Theater. He was fantastic!



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Post# 455770 , Reply# 49   8/12/2022 at 10:14 (594 days old) by luxlife (Under a Pecan Tree)        
Tonight Show appearances

Those are PRICELESS!!!

Post# 455772 , Reply# 50   8/12/2022 at 10:20 (594 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)        

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The reason Stan was on the Tonight Show in the first place is because Phyllis Diller, his neighbor, told Johnny that he "Must" have Stan on the show because he was crazy. Johnny asked why he was crazy? "He collects vacuum cleaners" she said. "No one collects vacuums, I must have him on". And so he did.



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Post# 455780 , Reply# 51   8/12/2022 at 12:51 (594 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)        

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Stan had his own talk show, for a year. Filmed in Canada. Dom DeLuise was his first guest. Stan had notoriously bad cooking skills. Dom showed him how to make spaghetti. Dom and Stan remained friends, and Stan always had outrageous stories about his Hollywood friends.

My favorite Stan story was set here in St. Louis. Stan had purchased a huge home with three floors and nine bedrooms. There was "The Hoover Room", the "Eureka Room", etc. There was also a Spencer central vacuum. Spencer's have no real filter, they are vented (in this case, to the roof). Most of the dirt falls into the dirt bucket from gravity, but any dust left entrained in the airstream goes harmlessly to the roof and out into the atmosphere.

Stan decided to clean out the fireplace ashes in the spring. His next-door neighbor had their windows open. Stan was bent over sucking up the ashes with the hose, when all of a sudden, the front doors burst open and about 10 firemen were standing there yelling "Your house is on fire". Of course, the neighbor called the fire department because black 'smoke' was coming from Stan's roof. There was an insurance claim and much hilarity ensued. He always referred to that day as "the time those firemen broke my front door".



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