From My Childhood
By Marlina
@marlina (154103)
Canada
January 23, 2021 12:39pm CST
I just found a photo of an Electrolux vacuum cleaner very similar to the one my Mom had in the late 50's.
Just curious to find out how many MyLotters here had a similar vacuum cleaner decades ago.
It looks so different from today's fancy vacuum cleaners.
We now have central vac here and this for many years already,
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22 responses
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
25 Jan 21
wow. what brand is it? what does it look like?
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
25 Jan 21
@LadyDuck it's so tall but it doesn't look heavy
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
25 Jan 21
@hereandthere Vorwerk is the brand and it still exist. This is the photo, it has plenty of accessory, you can remove the long handle and attach a short one, it was expensive, but a great vacuum.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
1 Feb 21
I did, I had one of these and also a Kirby
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
25 Jan 21
My mom had the same vac when we were growing up. It was the Cadillac of vacuum cleaners. Today I have a Dyson.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
3 Feb 21
Some homes in the USA have central vac but not a lot of them or maybe mainly in the more expensive homes.
I remember that vacuum in your pic but honestly I don't think we owned one. Probably a relative or friend had it cuz I do remember it. I think we had an upright Hoover most of my growing up years.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
3 Feb 21
@marlina possibly because there weren't as many brands in the market back then.
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@porwest (112717)
• United States
24 Jan 21
My mom had one similar to this, but that was back in the 70s and 80s. Compared to vacuum cleaners of today, it was a beast. That being said, my grandmother had an old Kirby with a headlight on it. lol. I swear that monster was 90 pounds.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
24 Jan 21
we never had one but my grandmother did! when I was 18 it was more than 30 years old and still worked perfectly!
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
24 Jan 21
@marlina i don't remember the other brand but my mother-in-law had one that she gave to us. It worked for us for another 10 years!
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
6 Feb 21
I wasn’t born yet 
but that looks like a neat vacuum!!
but that looks like a neat vacuum!!1 person likes this
@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
24 Jan 21
That style definitely looks familiar. It must have been the era of my mom. I know that I didn't have anything that looked quite like that but it does look quite familiar!!!
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
25 Jan 21
My grandparents had one. My sister and I would ride around on it.
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@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
25 Jan 21
Yup Electrolux was popular back then and I had one too which lasted forever
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
24 Jan 21
It definitely brought back memories. I remember seeing the round ones.
