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Thread Number: 45339
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Eureka Golden Crown & Storage Hassock |
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Post# 469598 2/14/2024 at 17:05 by countryguy  (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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When I was a kid in the 60s, I remember my aunt had a Eureka Golden Crown with the storage hassock, same as shown in this Ebay ad. The only difference however was that it had 3 wands ie. 2 straight and 1 curved, and the rug/floor nozzles did not have the metal elbow attached to them. In all the Golden Crown pics and ads that I have seen on Ebay and elsewhere, the vac is always shown with just the 2 wands and the rug/floor nozzles having the metal elbow attached. Was the version my aunt had, only available in Canada? Did the U.S. models ever have the 3 wand version. Why the differnce? Looking at the hassock you can see the 2 bands at the bottom right of the lid which were used for the curved wand.
Thanks. Gary CLICK HERE TO GO TO countryguy's LINK on eBay | ||
| Post# 469600 , Reply# 1 2/14/2024 at 17:25 by OldCrankman (Lawrenceburg, Indiana) | ||
Oh wow | ||
| Post# 469606 , Reply# 2 2/14/2024 at 23:16 by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
Hi Gary,
I think the debut of the Eureka Vibra-Beat nozzle is what caused the simultaneous debut of a single long curved wand that could allow for an easy transition between floor brush, regular carpet nozzle and Vibra-Beat nozzle. Before the arrival of the Vibra-Beat nozzle in 1960, or around that year, all Eureka canisters came with integrated necks on the floor brush and the carpet nozzle. With the arrival of the canned ham Mobile-Aire canister and its Vibra-Beat nozzle, the company introduced a separate curved wand that could connect to all three floor heads more easily. This also allowed for easier storage of the three different floor heads in the new cardboard tool caddy that came with the Mobile-Aire. I guess it was more economical to start offering the curved wand with all vacuums being sold by Eureka, including Super Rotomatic tub vacs and even upright attachment sets. | ||
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Post# 469609 , Reply# 3 2/15/2024 at 08:55 by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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Thanks Brian. My aunt's Golden Crown did not have the vibra-beat nozzle. I have a blue rotomatic that I bought on Ebay from a seller in the USA and it does have the vibra beat and the 3 wands (pics in my photo album). I just found it odd that I have never seen any vintage ads with the 3 wands with a Golden Crown. Also the ads showed a rubber like hose whereas my aunt's had a green cloth hose like in the Ebay listing. BTW, the cannister is missing the upside down plastic triangle with the Eureka badging placed above the footswitch.
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| Post# 469620 , Reply# 5 2/15/2024 at 18:40 by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Thank you Detective Paul! Amazing research there!
I always referred to the “nylon unbreakable” hoses as “braided” because of the way the nylon “gimp” strips were braided to create that unbreakable surface laid over the rubber tube inside. These braided hoses are famous for being leaky after a few decades because the rubber interior somehow develops cracks over the years. Interesting note: in Europe, Germany’s Bosch company re-introduced retro-looking braided hoses a few years ago. Not quite sure why they did this, but the hoses came in some very cool colour combinations! These new ones really stood out in the marketplace which is now filled with canisters featuring silver vinyl hoses. | ||
| Post# 469621 , Reply# 6 2/15/2024 at 18:51 by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Post# 469627 , Reply# 7 2/15/2024 at 20:09 by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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Thank you Paul for all that info!
Here are a couple of pics of my rotomatic. Gary | ||
| Post# 469645 , Reply# 10 2/16/2024 at 06:41 by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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You’re welcome Paul! Yes…Lux International brought back braided hoses too. Very retro.
It’s interesting how Eureka focused on their “new” Vibra-Beat nozzle to brand their canister vacs in the early 1960’s. First, the new sleek “Mobile Aire” canned ham vac was the only model to feature the new nozzle. Then they dropped the word Mobile Aire on the canned ham and just called it the Vibra Beat canister, and added a cursive “VibraBeat” decorative label to the side of the canister. Then they rebranded the Super Rotomatic tub vacs as “VibraBeat” canisters as well. Even the cardboard tool caddies sported the VibraBeat name as if this was not only the name of the included deluxe carpet nozzle, but the name of the entire “package” being sold. I don’t think the later Princess and Prince canisters were ever packaged with a VB nozzle. They were more of a budget/apartment cleaner. | ||
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