Air-Way Vacuum Cleaner   Save
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Description: This 1926 vacuum cleaner was manufactured by Air-Way Sanitizor of Toledo, Ohio. It includes attachments and a disposable bag and measures 52" x 77.47" x 12" (132 x 30.5 x 30 cm). Air-Way introduced the first vacuum cleaner with a disposable bag in 1920. The Air-Way vacuum was an improvement on the Hoover Company's electric vacuum cleaner, first produced in 1908, which used a cloth filter bag. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1661_1783047_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Daily Life; Vacuum cleaners; Appliances
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)