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Thread Number: 44132
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Eureka Model 1414 Bicentennial Edition |
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| Post# 459590 , Reply# 1 1/19/2023 at 15:54 (854 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, IN) | ||
Wow nice find! Yes, anything that came out on or near 1976 would usually have some sort of American theme for the Bicentennial, which also went with the Federal style era of furniture at the time.
----------------------------- "The United States Bicentennial in 1976 prompted an explosion in Americana, including Early American and Colonial Revival furniture. The cover of the 1976 Sears Spring/Summer catalog shows a family of four posed at the Quincy, Massachusetts, birthplace of Founding Father and second U.S. president, John Adams. A flag waves against the blue-sky backdrop of the red-painted wood Colonial home. Inside the catalog, you can find plenty of furniture like Windsor-style chairs, plaid “country style” couches, and heavy-wood furniture lines branded as Early American and Colonial Style—including the Sears Open Hearth Country Home line. The corniest products of 1976 are known as Bicentennial Chic and came in the colors of the American flag with overt American symbols incorporated into the design. The catalog contains leather-covered bars with eagles and shields embossed into the front and bedspreads in “patchwork” and red, white, and blue patterns." www.collectorsweekly.com/... retrorenovation.com/2014/07/07/b...
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Post# 459592 , Reply# 2 1/19/2023 at 17:32 (854 days old) by JustJunque  (Western MA) |
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| Post# 459598 , Reply# 4 1/19/2023 at 20:32 (854 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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P.S. Gotta love the '70s clothing in your photo! P.P.S. Come to think of it the quilt pattern of the Regina Electrik-Broom's dust jacket in picture 2 of my initial post is also reminiscent of handmade quilts of the colonial period. | ||
| Post# 459607 , Reply# 5 1/20/2023 at 07:39 (854 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 459609 , Reply# 6 1/20/2023 at 08:20 (854 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN) | ||
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Regina The broom cloth bags had a label stating they were a copy of early American designs. | ||
| Post# 459610 , Reply# 7 1/20/2023 at 08:21 (854 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN) | ||
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Regina The broom cloth bags had a label stating they were a copy of early American designs. | ||
| Post# 459616 , Reply# 8 1/20/2023 at 11:15 (854 days old) by OpelGTKarl (Puyallup, Washington) | ||
My Bicentennial Eureka
Hello all! I’ve seen the different ads for the Bicentennial Eurekas for years and found a few more including 1 from Macy’s that advertised both the Eureka and Convertible Bicentennial models. I have only found record of the Eurek model 1414, but I have also seen one of the pagoda hooded uprights in the matching brown color with the Bicentennial bag on it as well as the machine that I found a few years ago. Mine is a model 1453 in the same brown as the other Bicentennial machines and dated 1975 to be sold for 1976. It also has the Bicentennial bag. I’m not sure if it was possibly a department store exclusive, but I’m very proud to have a Bicentennial Eureka!
I also attached a couple more ads I’ve saved over the years for Bicentennial machines including one for a Viking labeled Eureka from Eatons department store in Canada and another ad from Woolco advertising the Bicentennial Convertible. Enjoy! | ||
| Post# 459619 , Reply# 9 1/20/2023 at 12:33 (853 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 459620 , Reply# 10 1/20/2023 at 12:34 (853 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 459627 , Reply# 11 1/20/2023 at 16:18 (853 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, IN) | ||
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| Post# 459648 , Reply# 12 1/21/2023 at 02:27 (853 days old) by texbodemer (Mountlake Terrace) | ||
1977
In 1977, Frederick and Nelson (Seattle's division of Marshall Field's) was still selling it as having an "Early American patterned dust bag cover."
This ad is from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 7, 1977
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| Post# 459667 , Reply# 13 1/22/2023 at 14:44 (851 days old) by OpelGTKarl (Puyallup, Washington) | ||
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Another Bicentennial model
In my previous post, I mentioned that I had seen a pagoda hooded Eureka with a Bicentennial bag on it. Well, I was digging around and found this photo on Pinterest. I’m not sure whose collection this is or if it’s a production model, but it does seem to be the same brown colors as the other Bicentennial models. I wasn’t able to find anything else out about it other than this, but I do believe that they marketed the Bicentennial models with different designs from 1975 to 1977. If anyone else has any other info, I’d love to know more about these :)
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| Post# 459679 , Reply# 14 1/23/2023 at 06:46 (851 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Love the last pic with the array of Eureka uprights, including a very early “Vanguard motor hood” model with the top side hose port in front of the headlight.
I am curious if the current Sanitaire traditional red bag upright (model 888 I think) has the identical shape of motor hood as the early 271 from the 1960’s. If yes, that motor hood design has really been around for a very long time. Would be fun to see a pic of the earliest Eureka Vanguard style model with the latest Sanitaire Dial a Nap model…especially if they both had chrome motor hoods. | ||
| Post# 461675 , Reply# 17 3/23/2023 at 13:45 (791 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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Model 2014 Here's a Eureka ad from the May 27, 1976, ST. PETERSBURG TIMES featuring the Bicentennial Model 2014.
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| Post# 461676 , Reply# 18 3/23/2023 at 13:53 (791 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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Re: Replies 5-6-7 1976 newspaper advertisements featuring Electrikbrooms (the only models mentioned were 5628 & 5639): | ||
| Post# 466765 , Reply# 19 10/13/2023 at 17:23 (587 days old) by Paul (USA) | ||
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Model 2064 This model 2064 has the same color scheme as the others. The bag seems to be a replacement, so I would think it may have also originally sported the colonial bag cover. eBay photos: | ||
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Post# 475976 , Reply# 21 3/12/2025 at 13:48 by Kloveland (Tulsa) |
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Eureka Bicentennial 
Paul,
Thanks for posting the info. I’m almost positive the Eureka that I purchased on eBay a couple of months ago is the same one that you have pictured above. It was a knee jerk reaction when I saw it listed. Even though I prefer Hoover over Eureka. I do like the Vanguard series. Good info on the different versions. I know little about these. I figured I would get this one to go along with my Hoover Bicentennial upright. I do not recall ever seeing one of these in person. Even after attending the VCCC conventions for 14 years and visiting collector’s homes. It’s possible I wasn’t paying attention, because I wasn’t interested at the time.
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| Post# 475986 , Reply# 24 3/12/2025 at 17:53 by Paul (USA) | ||
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Presumed Model-Type 2064-A Newspaper Ad 1976 Aug 8 VICTORIA ADVOCATE
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