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Royal “Standard” 1925 |
| I have two old straight-suction Royals, a Royal “Standard” and a “Super Royal.” However, neither of them have been restored yet and are not ready for a place in my museum.
But this is a great photo; I wanted to place it in the Museum even though the cleaners are not yet on display. This is the main display-window of the old Bullocks Wilshire Department Store in Los Angeles (long-ago closed; but the building was still there the last time I drove past). What a wonderful display of Royal Standards! Check out “Thoroughly Modern Millie” as she's hard at work, doing the vacuuming! |
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Premier Model 37 1937 |
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| The Premier Vacuum Cleaner was made, in various styles of course, from the early 1930s through the late 1950s. They also made cleaners with the General Electric name. This is a nice model with a festive, patterned bag. |
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Ohio “Tuec” 1920 |
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| I don’t know very much about this cleaner, except that it’s old! When I was photographing it, I turned the motor on to inflate the bag. Suddenly, the bag popped off the exhaust-neck, and 77-year-old dirt belched out all over the place. A vacuum cleaner museum would not be complete without some vintage household schmutz, so here it is. |
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Singer 1935 |
| I consider this vacuum cleaner to be the most exquisitely styled upright machine in my collection. Truly a vacuum cleaner on steroids (or LSD!), this glistening blob of Machine-Age metal so totally epitomizes the sumptuous, “rounded” design philosophy of the Streamline Era. |  |
