vacuum hand held cleaner

Object/Artifact

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

vacuum hand held cleaner

Entry/Object ID

2005.041.001

Description

Westinghouse hand-held vacuum cleaner. Brown enamelled metal housing. Grey painted wood handle. Central removeable gold and brown metal cap, with Westinghouse logo, gives access for beater bar replacement. Beater bar missing. Grey rubber bumper around lower edge. Teardrop shaped dust bag made of brown fabric is stamped in silver with another style of Westinghouse logo. Dust removal facilitated by a brown-enamelled metal sleeve which slides over the opening. Very short electrical cord with plug. Metal plate attached to back of motor housing reads: "Westinghouse/CSA/App. No.8424/Model No VH-2 S#H-S0504/Serial No. 10089/115 Volts 1.4 Amps/DC to 60 AC/Canadian/Westinghouse Ltd./Westinghouse Ltd./Hamilton Canada".

Lexicon

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Object Name

cleaner, vacuum hand held cleaner

Created By

Jones, Isabel

Create Date

March 1, 2017

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

May 21, 2025