President Vacuum Cleaner???

[Kevinpreston3]

Another mystery from the past.

I just remembered when I was a kid, we had a cannister vacuum. It was maroon, very round, looked very much like a jet engine with its tapered tail. It was of the Electrolux style, but more cylindrical, and had a cloth covered, maroon hose. I remember that the hose fittings and attachments had very heavy duty, chromelike slide fittings.

It had no wheels, but steel runners. It had a chrome handle on top that blended with the trim that ran all the way, longways, across the top.

I swear it said PRESIDENT on the side.

Does this sound familiar at all? I think the vacuum eventually went to my oldest sister many years ago, when she first moved out.

KP

 

[petek]

Oh Kevin.. I knew that older sister of yours was trouble when you first showed us that pic of her mom and dad in the kitchen.

 

[petek]

Kevin..here they are the Presidents...and check out the rest of this website, it really is good.

http://dkas1.50megs.com/President.html

 

[Kevinpreston3]

Pete you are too much once again!

THANKS for that link. I have been trying to do research on this and found zip. Our model had a similar hose to the Model 23/51. I would bet ours was more of an entry level model, as it did not have chrome like the ones shown here. It was more plain but cool. I remember it being rather loud, but very good suction. It ended up being our downstairs vac, with mom's new Eureka doing the rest. Mom was also a big fan of "Electric Brooms" as she used to call them.

Made in England huh? Pete, were these big in Canada? I never remember seeing another one here. My one Grandfather was from Canada, could he have bought this on a trip up there? Hmmm. Maybe there are more of these in the US than I thought, but I sure don't remember any other than ours.

 

[petek]

I've never heard of them either but doesn't mean they werent sold here or in the US. For the most part growing up in a small town most of the vacs I saw at friends places were Kenmores, Hoovers, GE's or Elux's. I noticed on the Kenmore page of that website my moms old model Kenmore, the Satellite from 55-56. Also that a couple of those Kenmore models were also made in England or Scotland.