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Onward Mfg. Co. Ltd. (Eureka) 1960s-era Floor Polisher—Model 680 		[Down to Last]

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Post# 469394   2/8/2024 at 14:41 by Paul (USA)        

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Different style than the ones made by Eureka Williams.

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Post# 469427 , Reply# 1   2/9/2024 at 15:20 by Paul (USA)        

1963 Dec 7 WINDSOR STAR

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Post# 469428 , Reply# 2   2/9/2024 at 15:33 by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)        

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I wonder if it was originally designed as a Viking for our Eaton’s department store….it looks familiar…

Post# 469452 , Reply# 3   2/10/2024 at 13:12 by Paul (USA)        

Could be, Brian.

Btw, it seems that there were two contemporaneous Eureka models in different color schemes (the one in the 1963 ad is darker than the one in the photos): the deluxe and standard. One text ad included "950" albeit without "Model", so that may have been the deluxe, and the aqua 680 may have been the standard at the time. The earliest Eureka polisher ad I found in Canada was in 1957.

Eaton's listed an "Easy Floor Polisher" in 1951 and advertised a G-E Floor Polisher that same year, but 1954 was the first year I located an ad for a Viking Floor Polisher. I also included a 1951 Premier ad that popped up in the results. The last advertisement I located for any Viking "Polishmaster"s (Models D38, D108, D113, or FP50H) was in 1965.

I also though you and others would enjoy seeing the vacuum cleaners and other electric appliances that were included in some of the ads such as the Dustmaster 905-A (Eureka 900 Series Roto-Matic canister) Dustmaster 507-A (Eureka 500 Series turtle-shape canister), Dustmaster Superb 1005 (Eureka 1000 Series Mobile-Aire canister). I know you know the correlations, Brian; just including them for others who are unfamiliar.

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1. 1951 Mar 24 LEADER-POST Premier Floor & Surface Care ad
2. 1951 Nov 19 SASKATOON STAR-PHOENIX - G-E Floor Polisher
3. 1954 Nov 24 LEADER-POST Viking Floor Polisher
4. 1955 Oct 26 OTTAWA CITIZEN - Viking Polishmasters Floor Polisher
5. 1955 Dec 19 VANCOUVER SUN - Appliances sold at Eaton's - Canada's Christmas Store
6. 1956 Sep 24 OTTAWA CITIZEN Viking Deluxe Dustmaster
7. 1956 Nov 24 LEADER -POST Viking 100 Polisher
8. 1957 Dec 11 VANCOUVER SUN - Viking Polishmaster D38 - Deluxe Polishmaster FP50 H - Dustmaster 905A
9. 1957 Dec 13 LEADER-POST Viking 300 Vacuum Canister (top part of ad)
10. 1957 Dec 13 LEADER-POST Viking 100 Floor Polisher (bottom part of ad)
11. 1959 Oct 8 CALGARY HERALD Viking Deluxe Polishmaster (D108) & other appliances
12. 1960 Jul 18 MONTREAL GAZETTE - Viking Polishmaster & Dustmaster
13. 1960 Nov 12 OTTAWA CITIZEN Viking Dustmaster Superb 1005 - Polishmaster D113
14. 1961 Jul 15 CALGARY HERALD Viking D113 Polishmaster
15. 1965 Mar 25 SASKATOON STAR-PHOENIX - Eaton's Floor & Surface Care Appliances
16. 1967 Oct 12 CALGARY HERALD - Floor & Surface Care appliance ad

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