Thread Number: 46071  /  Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
Trade-in piles!
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Post# 475397   2/2/2025 at 20:55 by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)        

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Here are photos of some trade-in piles from various manufacturers. I have more photos like this; however, they're prints and not scans.



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Post# 475399 , Reply# 1   2/2/2025 at 23:09 by Lesinutah (Utah)        
OMG

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They have 3 kirbys. I wonder if they'll sale them to me. Do you know how to get a hold of there great grand kids so I can buy them. It's really important it's for a friend.

Kidding aside those are some cool pics.


Post# 475402 , Reply# 2   2/3/2025 at 03:09 by tolivac (Greenville,NC)        

nowadays vacuum dealers aren't as open to accepting trades as they used to-esp with modern bagless vacuums.The dealers I know of no longer take trade ins.So getting vintage vacuums is getting more difficult.

Post# 475405 , Reply# 3   2/3/2025 at 08:25 by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN)        
Great pictures !!

1.At one time Metropolitan Vacuum of NY would send a truck to Electrolux branches such this one for trades that they would then stack like firewood in their warehouse and rebuild.
2.Is that a Duster in the Hoover branch window?
3.Electrolux office.
4,5.AirWay.A former AW salesman once told me of knocking on a door after WWII.He tells the lady he is selling AW vacuums.She says"Everybody says they are selling vacuums but no one has any to deliver!"He replys "Lady,I got 9 AirWay vacuums in my car right now."She tells him "Sit in that chair on the porch while I call my friends."He sold all 9 for cash.Can you image this story with these pictures?
6.Filter Queen office??


Post# 475407 , Reply# 4   2/3/2025 at 08:51 by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)        

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That was fun to see Charles. Thanks!

Post# 475421 , Reply# 5   2/4/2025 at 09:44 by dysonman1 (the county)        

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Photo one, with the stack of model 30's - also has brand new Power Nozzles and Automatic F boxes. This had to be around 1960. You'll note the cords on the PN-1's were long and had the three hose clips.

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Post# 475425 , Reply# 6   2/4/2025 at 10:21 by AmtrakSebo1997 (Vacmasterthegreats basement)        
cool pics :]

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They remind me of that one post where someone found a giant pile of machines in an abandoned building, and snagged a blue-line Sanitare from it.

Post# 475459 , Reply# 7   2/6/2025 at 15:58 by foxmichaels (Colorado, USA)        

Love the first pic there - those 10" floor tiles bring back so many memories. AFAIK, noone in my family had a vac until the Olympia One - before that, we were in houses that had a central system! So seeing those metal canisters are neat.

Post# 475526 , Reply# 8   2/12/2025 at 19:13 by ElectricUtopia (England)        

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Awesome and heartbreaking at the same time! So many classics there!


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