Thread Number: 45880  /  Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
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Post# 473807   10/22/2024 at 22:07 by RoyalFan103 (Bremerton, Washington)        

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So, I was surfing HiBid and I encoutnered this. It's a Westinghouse Handheld Vacuum and I'd like to know if anyone happenes to know about it here.

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Post# 473811 , Reply# 1   10/23/2024 at 09:39 by Lesinutah (Utah)        
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I attached a link. It's likely 1940s era. They usually have a bag the same color as the color they're painted. Yours would've had either a dark maroon bag or a blue bag. I have a red vac just like it but not sure it's a Westinghouse. I think mines a sweeper vac iirc made indirectly by apex.


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Post# 473818 , Reply# 2   10/23/2024 at 18:03 by Paul (USA)        
Newspaper Ads

I noticed that it's a "Deluxe" according to the medallion. In the few newspaper "Westinghouse Hand Vac" ads I was able to locate from the 1930s to 1950s, there's no distinction made between it and the standard version. It may be that the former had a longer cord or was equipped with a higher amp motor.

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1. 1953 Apr 23 LEWISTON EVENING JOURNAL

2. 1954 Feb 9 DESERET NEWS

3. 1957 Jan 10 NEWBURGH NEWS


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Post# 473819 , Reply# 3   10/23/2024 at 18:39 by Paul (USA)        
1954 Deluxe Ad

Here's an ad that shows the Deluxe (silk screened on the bag) that looks like the one originally posted in this thread:

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Post# 473820 , Reply# 4   10/23/2024 at 19:23 by Paul (USA)        
Miscellaneous Westinghouse ads—comparisons & conversations

1. 1931 Dec 8 THE DAY

2. 1945 magazine ad (unidentified at alwaysacollector.com)

3. 1947 LIFE (unidentified date at amazon.com)

4. 1948 Oct 8 PITTSBURGH PRESS

5. 1951 Apr 30 LIFE ("Hand-or-Stand Convertible"*)

6. 1953 Mar 30 LIFE "Floor-N-Vac"



*Did Hoover get the term "Convertible" from Westinghouse?



Btw, note in all ads posted on this thread that the position of the hand vac's exhaust varied by model.


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Post# 473821 , Reply# 5   10/24/2024 at 01:45 by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)        
Here's Mine

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Westinghouse H-10 Hand Vac. Quite similar to yours except that the housing is shaped differently and it has a different belt cover plate. Think mine might be a bit newer than yours but I'm not sure. Although the bag on mine is beige with red printing, I have also seen them with burgundy or brown bags. Hope this helps.
Jeff


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