My childhood vacuum is on ebay

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Look!

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-EUREKA-...=US_Vacuum&hash=item20b6373777#ht_3339wt_1141

Thats my childhood vacuum. My grandpa had one just like it in his basement. Ours had a different bag though. Played with it ever since I could walk.

Same grandpa that has the 3 compacts, the commercial 344 that I now own, (had) model 31 special, 2 concepts, kenmore canister, and almost NIB sears 1960s floor polisher/shampooer.
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But that hood!!!!! Oh boy was I terrified of it! It had no lens, so the dark hole in the front just creeped me out. But I grew fond of it. Never did I dare plug it in for I was too scared.

Earlier this year I decided to tear into it (or was that last year? I forgot!) I needed parts for a sanitaire, and thought "Oh it cant be any different". Well I was wrong and everything was different.

I do still have the hood, broken metal fan, base plate, and distribulator.

I did finally end up plugging it in last year just to see if it was worth saving, sadly the motor was seized.
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History on our eureka (well mine as my grandparents said!) the 2 344s, and 31 special---.

The mansion my grandparents live in was built in 1910, and finished in 1915. The church owned it for about 40 years, then sat abandoned for a decade, then bought by a family that decided to start a cleaning service.

That cleaning service is now the nation wide company of --"The Maids". They used those other vacuum cleaners until 1981 when by grandfather bought the home.

Home was rebuilt in 1988, with a total of $133,000 in restoration work. New tile roof put on 5 years ago.

Here is an old picture of the house I found online. The styling is called Spanish Renaissance revival I think.

 

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And here is a little http://www.automaticwasher.org/EXTERNAL/cleditor/images/edit_bar_gray.jpgmore up to date photo.

That darnd sycamore tree is in the way! My grandma wants it removed, however it would be very expensive. There are 3 smaller (now actually quite big!) acorn trees with planters around them lining the sidewalk.

The whole yard is sprawling with many flowerbeds. To the south side of the yard are 2 c.a. 15 foot "snowball" trees/bushes, and in the spring, they look so beautiful.

The whole entire front on each side of those stone pieces near the walkway were redone for a large flowering garden.

Its always an ongoing process. We are rebuilding the south wall garden around the fountain, and expanding the planters around the trees.

Each summer, something new!

 

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I love that house! I'll bet it's fantastic inside too!