Manual vacuum cleaner

Object/Artifact

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Manual vacuum cleaner

Entry/Object ID

1737

Description

Manual vacuum cleaner. Body is tin, handle and head are wood. The device operated by pulling the handle upward creating a suction. Large label painted on body "EVERYBODY'S VACUUM CLEANER TRADE MARK PATENTED FEBRUARY 25, 1913 'IT GETS THE DUST' C 1913 REG, U,S, PATENT OFFICE MANUFACTURED BY EVERYBODY'S VACUUM CLEANER CO, NEW YORK, N.Y. U.S.A.

Acquisition

Accession

79

Source or Donor

Read, Eleanor Perry

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1913

Material

Metal, Wood