Sweeper, carpet
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MANUAL
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.1867.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co. of Canada Ltd.
- MODEL
- GRAND RAPIDS
- LOCATION
- Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL & WOOD BODY/ WOOD HANDLE/ RUBBER WHEELS & BUMPER/ WOOD & BRISTLE (MAN MADE?) BRUSH
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 39.0 cm
- Width
- 25.0 cm
- Height
- 135.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Housekeeping
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bissell
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Niagara Falls
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
FOR CLEANING CARPETS - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'BISSELL'S/ GRAND RAPIDS/ HI-LO BALL BEARING/ SELF CLEANING BRUSH/ MADE IN/ CANADA'STENCILLED ON TOP/ STICKER ON BOTTOM WITH OPERATING INFO. [ILLEGIBLE] & MFR. INFO. READS: 'MADE IN CANADA BY BISSELL CARPET SWEEPER CO., OF CANADA, LIMITED, NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO/ Canadian Patents, dated [SEE PAT. REF.]/ Various registered Trade-marks. Patents & Trade-marks also in other countries. Applications Pending.'/ 'PRESS/ TO/ EMPTY' ON RELEASE BUTTON.
- Missing
- From CA of 06/10/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- BODY WOOD VARNISHED? & METAL ENAMELLED BROWN/ HANDLE WOODSTAINED? & VARNISHED/ BUMPER BLACK RUBBER
- Decoration
- BEIGE DECORATIVE STRIP WITH MFR. INFO. ON TOP OF BODY CONTAINS DESIGN OF GREEN LAURELS AT CENTRE
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Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co. of Canada Ltd., Sweeper, carpet, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1981.1867, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.1867.001/
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