Pre-Electric Vacuum Cleaner

Object/Artifact

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The Cardinal Collection

Name/Title

Pre-Electric Vacuum Cleaner

Entry/Object ID

2022.2.32.29

Description

The user of this vacuum cleaner would pump the wood handle up and down, creating a suction that would draw dirt into the chamber. Some of these early manual vacuums included metal attachments for the bottom.

Location

Building

Lake Loramie Nature Center and Heritage Museum

Ohio State Park

Lake Loramie State Park