Just how Rare is the 1959 RCA Whirlpool Canister Vaccum Cleaner

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Hello Everybody
I am being curious how rare is the Whirlpool, As I just Aquired one for my collection and it is my most cherished one for sure. it's the Imperial Mark XII and it is just in mint Condition and has the Power Nozzle is really turned me on to it as I do have the ABC power nozzle with my Compact C5 but love the shape of the RCA power nozzle. I am looking for the Attachments for it as it only came with the power nozzle and dusting bush but I know this won't be an easy task to find but one never knows.

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[mrtide]

WP vacs

Were these made for many years? I have heard of WP vacs, but never have I seen one nor knew when their existance was. Do you or anyone have a pic of one?

 

[skip]

Hi Mr. Tide yes I do i will email you a couple of pics of it thru kodak as my pics need editing to post on this site and don't know how to edit them. I'm not sure how long there were made but I think from the mid 50's to the early 60's

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[mrtide]

Hi Skip

Gee thanks, I would love to see one.

 

[skip]

Your quite welcome and I sent the pics thru kodak You should be getting them soon

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[maytagbear]

For a number of years,

Many Kenmore (Sears) canisters were made by Whirlpool. I don't think most (if any) are currently made by Whirlpool.

In the great Whirlpool Combo ad with the adorable weiner dog, a Whirlpool vacuum is included as part of the Whirlpool logo.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[hoover1060]

Whirlpool- Kenmore

Whirlpool started making canisters for Sears in the late 50's, and in the 60's the Kenmore Duo Power uprights were also made by Whirlpool for Sears.
Whirlpool never did have a much of a chunk of the vacuum market, so when Sears politely suggested that Whirlpool not make any vacuums with their own name and just focus on the Kenmore name, they were happy to oblige.
The Whirlpool name on a vacuum would next appear about 1986 with Whirlpool's short-lived Power-Clean line

 

[jasonl]

Who makes the vacuums for Kenmore now? Are they any good. I need a vacuum for the interim until I can get a new Connie.

 

[brettsomers]

is this 1959 model at all similar to the one shown at the Convention last month?

 

[veg-o-matic]

We had an RCA Whirlpool canister vac when I was but a wee tot. It was square and a minty-green color. Don't remember much about it except that it was loud.

Here's a confession: just today, I went to Sears and bought a Galaxy upright on sale for 30 bucks. No, I don't need it, I just wanted to see what it was like.

And I liked the color!

I won't keep it long. My nephew is setting up housekeeping and I'll give it him.

veg

 

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Jason I heard it was Euerka making Kenmore now not sure thou

 

[hoover1060]

Kenmore now...

Is made by Panasonic, has been for some time. Whirlpool sold their vacuum business to Matsusita(sp) and now most Kenmore stuff is Panasonic.

 

[fnelson487]

Check This Out

Here is the 1957 Kenmore that won a blue ribbon for "Historical Value" at the VCCC convention last month. It's a Whirlpool and one of the first with a power nozzle and probably one of the first with an integrated electric hose. Charlie Watrous suggested that I bring it and I am glad that I did! Does that Whirlpool look like this?

 

[brettsomers]

Kenmore/Whirlpool

skip and I have just been talking about these two canisters and yes, it is very similar, including the powernozzle. David

 

[Unimatic1140]

Thought you guys might find this interesting, from the 1959 Fall/Winter Sears Catalog...

 

[Unimatic1140]

The '59 Lady Kenmore Vacuum...

 

[brettsomers]

choice of attachment sets? thats wild. thnx Robert.

 

[hoover1060]

Choice of attachment sets

Thats actually something Sears did up til the early 70's David. I have a 1971 Sears Catalog that offers a choice of attachment sets with each cleaner. Powermate or Suction only..

Thanks for the scans Robert

 

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1959 Rca Whirlpool

here is my 1959 Rca Whiurlpool

 

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1959 whirlpool

here it is again hopefully

 

[petek]

Mom had a mid 50's Kenmore Satellite sort of a salmon pink,, like the Saturn above but without a power nozzle. When I look at those 1959 prices, how much would that be in todays dollars?

 

[skip]

HI Pete well if they are on ebay they could go high in fact Fred's kenmore was on ebay and in fact I was going to bid on it but when I saw Fred had bidded on it I couldn't be against him as he is a friend and a fellow vac member of our vac club. I don't know if He would want it known as what the winning bid was but I will say it was higher then the 1959 prices and about my whirlpool, I just it alot cheaper then if it was on ebay but still it cost me well about 100.00

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Sorry meant to say I got it alot cheaper then if it was on ebay

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[maytagbear]

Pete

for "today's dollars", there is a handy little inflation calculator (USDollars, alas) at this link-

Someone, I forget whom, from this site, turned me onto it maybe a year ago.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

http://westegg.com/inflation

 

[tolivac]

The "Lady Kenmore" 1959 vacuum--my stepmom had one of those--used it as a kid-hers didn't have the powernozzle.Liked the "wheelbarrow" design and the "tools on board"so is tools on board --New?It was a really nice machine-it got lost in a flood in 1972.That machine worked alongside my dads 511 Kirby.The attachments for the Kirby were missing.Don't know what happened to them.My Mom says she used to used them when I was very little.

 

[paulg]

Whirlpool to Oreck

Regarding Whirlpool uprights:
I believe David Oreck long ago bought the rights for the Whirlpool-designed compact upright and.. the rest is history.
I used to work at a bank as a kid and we had both the pre-Oreck Whirlpool upright and a very similar Oreck upright. The Whirlpool was made of metal and was black and white in color. Always worked fine.
I think Whirlpool is probably scared to pieces about vacuums and can't wait to dump Hoover.
Comments vacuum experts?

 

[compactc9]

Its interesting how people today complain about the cost of vacuums, and other appliances today. They like to compare paying todays prices to the prices of the past. Interestingly, the cheapest Kenmore canister shown there would cost $191.30 today, and the Lady Kenmore with powernozzlewould cost $766.17. If anything, we don't pay enough for our appliances today.