Thread Number: 43734
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
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Post# 456504   9/4/2022 at 19:39 (571 days old) by VacMadMan (Pueblo Co.)   |   | |
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My father worked for Filter Queen back in the day and this is just a little something I thought I would share.
Jim |
Post# 456521 , Reply# 1   9/5/2022 at 12:02 (570 days old) by VacMadMan (Pueblo Co.)   |   | |
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Oh, how I miss them. My father warmly congratulating my mom for winning a spectacular diamond and sapphire gold wristwatch.
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Post# 456540 , Reply# 2   9/6/2022 at 08:52 (569 days old) by Paul (USA)   |   | |
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Very cool, Jim - the ephemera and your love for your parents. It's hard to believe that those items are nearly 50 years old. Thanks for sharing. |
Post# 456541 , Reply# 3   9/6/2022 at 08:53 (569 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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This is the vacuum he would have been selling. My 50th Anniversary 1978 Filter Queen. I took it out of the box for the picture. Congrats on the wonderful memories.
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Post# 456544 , Reply# 4   9/6/2022 at 10:43 (569 days old) by VacMadMan (Pueblo Co.)   |   | |
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Post# 456545 , Reply# 5   9/6/2022 at 10:57 (569 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Hey Jim:
It's a model 31. The first use of the heat shield on top launched with the 1978 50th Anniversary model. This machine could also be ordered in chrome and chocolate brown, but most distributors did not since that color combination cost more and most people didn't know what a Filter Queen was anyway when they saw it. The brown/chrome model was ordered if the distributor was in a heavy Rainbow area, since the Rainbow had just launched their brown/chrome model the same year. |
Post# 456546 , Reply# 6   9/6/2022 at 11:23 (569 days old) by VacMadMan (Pueblo Co.)   |   | |
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Post# 456549 , Reply# 7   9/6/2022 at 16:12 (569 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Post# 456552 , Reply# 8   9/6/2022 at 17:00 (569 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 456685 , Reply# 10   9/11/2022 at 09:42 (564 days old) by VacMadMan (Pueblo Co.)   |   | |
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Bill,
Thank you for your kind words and comments. Here are a few more pics from the event. |