Thread Number: 44897
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
Eureka Tank Vacuums |
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Post# 466128 , Reply# 1   9/13/2023 at 05:20 (405 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 466134 , Reply# 2   9/13/2023 at 08:30 (405 days old) by luxlife (Under a Pecan Tree)   |   | |
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Looks like they were positioning themselves to go after Electro Hygiene, considering the name, styling, “germ trap”…. |
Post# 466138 , Reply# 3   9/13/2023 at 12:56 (404 days old) by Paul (USA)   |   | |
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Hi Brian! Thanks for the tip. I'll do that and let you know if I am able to locate anything. |
Post# 466141 , Reply# 4   9/13/2023 at 13:41 (404 days old) by Paul (USA)   |   | |
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Hey Brian, Do you happen to have any specific MW model numbers? All that I'm finding in the 1940-1955 database are classified ads. |
Post# 466142 , Reply# 5   9/13/2023 at 14:02 (404 days old) by Paul (USA)   |   | |
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1945 June 8 - EVENING INDEPENDENT
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Post# 466180 , Reply# 6   9/14/2023 at 18:32 (403 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 466186 , Reply# 7   9/14/2023 at 20:29 (403 days old) by Canisterman (Mocksville NC)   |   | |
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In about all the colors the 700 was also sold in tan, I have a Wards that is a square tank, then several versions with the cardboard tube body both Eureka and Wards. |
Post# 466187 , Reply# 8   9/14/2023 at 20:30 (403 days old) by Canisterman (Mocksville NC)   |   | |
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In about all the colors the 700 was also sold in tan, I have a Wards that is a square tank, then several versions with the cardboard tube body both Eureka and Wards. |
Post# 466191 , Reply# 9   9/14/2023 at 23:27 (403 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Hi - Picture #3 is from my web page of my W75. I also have the Model 600 pictured below.
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Post# 466192 , Reply# 10   9/14/2023 at 23:30 (403 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Model 700 that was for sale about a year ago on Marketplace. Unfortunately someone beat me to it.
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Post# 466193 , Reply# 11   9/14/2023 at 23:34 (403 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Post# 466194 , Reply# 12   9/14/2023 at 23:37 (403 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Post# 466196 , Reply# 13   9/14/2023 at 23:45 (403 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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And, last but not least. A few pictures of Montgomery Ward machines, made by Eureka, that I have come across on the web
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Post# 466200 , Reply# 14   9/15/2023 at 07:03 (403 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 466214 , Reply# 15   9/15/2023 at 16:14 (402 days old) by Paul (USA)   |   | |
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I second Brian's initial comment to you, Doug! Thanks! I wonder, now, if the W-60 was the "Sanitaire". I assumed the W-64 was. I prefer the styling of the M/W ones. |
Post# 466217 , Reply# 16   9/15/2023 at 18:01 (402 days old) by Canisterman (Mocksville NC)   |   | |
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That square tank is not fun to work on, i tore mine down and packed the bearings, |
Post# 466218 , Reply# 17   9/15/2023 at 23:02 (402 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Hey Paul - I also have a picture (below) of one other model that I have no clue what model number it would have been.
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Post# 466685 , Reply# 19   10/9/2023 at 08:11 (379 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 466687 , Reply# 20   10/9/2023 at 12:27 (378 days old) by Paul (USA)   |   | |
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Sounds reasonable, Brian. Thanks! Maybe you could check out your library's database sometime and see what Canadian newspaper ads are in it? |
Post# 466692 , Reply# 21   10/9/2023 at 13:06 (378 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 466694 , Reply# 22   10/9/2023 at 14:10 (378 days old) by Paul (USA)   |   | |
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Sounds good—you've piqued my curiosity! |
Post# 467856 , Reply# 25   12/2/2023 at 18:29 (324 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Thanks for posting this Paul! Fascinating! And I finally get to see one of Eureka’s industrial designers in real life! This is great! Wish I could find out more names of designers who worked at Eureka…especially during the 1960’s and 1970’s.
Hmmm…”Viso Tool Kit”? Fascinating! First time I heard of the cardboard tool carrier called that name! By the 1960’s, so many vac-makers were offering cardboard tool carriers. The designs of these carriers were quite ingenious, even though they often did not stand up to hard use over the years. The hole at the top of our Eureka tool caddy ripped at some point so you no longer had a “handle hole” to carry the caddy around. I wonder if there was one single manufacturer who made these tool carriers for Hoover and Eureka and Singer and GE. Would be interesting to learn who made them for all the companies….. |
Post# 467863 , Reply# 27   12/2/2023 at 20:21 (324 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 471563 , Reply# 30   5/31/2024 at 08:23 by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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