Vacuum cleaner
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MANUAL/FLOOR MODEL/SUCTION/PISTON
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0564.001
- MANUFACTURER
- FEENY MFG. CO.
- MODEL
- B
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 133.0 cm
- Width
- 21.7 cm
- Height
- 17.0 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
- FEENY
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO REMOVE DIRT & DEBRIS FROM CARPETS, FLOORS ETC. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF A VACUUM CLEANER IN WHICH THE VACUUM WAS CREATED BY THE OPERATOR PUMPING THE HANDLE/ THESE TYPES OF MACHINES WERE AWKWARD TO USE & DID NOT PROVIDE A CONSTANT SOURCE OF SUCTION/ THEY PRECEEDED THE USE OF ELECTRIC MOTORS FOR VACUUM CLEANERS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- DECAL 'THE VACUUM/ Feeny/ CLEANER/ MFD. BY/ THE FEENY MFG. [?]/ MUNCIE, IND.' & 'Model B/ PATENTS PENDING'/ CAST IN 'THE FEENY MFG. CO. MUNCIE IND.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UPPER & LOWER TANKS ARE DARK COPPERY COLOUR WITH BRIGHTER COPPER STRIPS RUNNING DIAGONALLY AROUND/ SHAFT IS SILVER TONE/ CREST ON LOWER TANK IS GREEN & RED & PALE GOLD COLOUR/ HANDLE PAINTED BLACK
- Decoration
- DECAL CONTAINING MFR'S INFO. HAS DECORATIVE SCROLLS AROUND EDGES/ DIAGONAL, WIDE STRIPES AROUND BOTH 'TANKS'
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FEENY MFG. CO., Vacuum cleaner, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1995.0564, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0564.001/
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