Vacuum Collection (page 3)

A 1930s Advertisement For The Hoover. From The Literary Digest Published 1931

Three pigs on a Christmas card designed by Robert Dudley -- Nature abhors a vacuum. Date: circa 1880s

The Vacuum - A Masterpiece by H. M. Bateman
Page 1 of 4. Brilliant sequential cartoon by H. M. Bateman depicting a man asking his maid to have a go at a vacuum cleaner, only to find he sucks up everything in his path. Date: 1920

Advert for Evans vacuum cap for growth of hair 1906
Practical invention for Evans vacuum cap, develops a natural and permanent growth of the hair, supplying the apparatus on a sixty day trial, wholly at the expense of the company. 1906

Four people in a car outside a Post Office
Four people sitting inside a car outside a Post Office with their picnic things set out. Date: circa 1930s

Advert for Goblin vacuum cleaner 1948
Goblin electric vacuum cleaner, for carpets, and polished floors. 1948

AD: TIRES, 1918. American advertisement for Pennsylvania Vacuum Cup Tires. Illustration, 1918

Faradays egg. An egg-shaped glass flask made by Michael Faraday (1791-1867) to study the flow of electricity. Faraday was trying to discover whether matter was required for an electrical current to

Plume Motor Spirit - Vacuum Oil Company
An enamel sign advertising Plume Motor Spirit. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

Advert for Magnet household items 1929
Magnet, a wide variety of electrical gifts for Christmas. 1929

Kittens playing with a vacuum cleaner hose
Unusual Friends - kittens playing with a vacuum cleaner hose. 1950s

Group of cleaners who won the football pools, with cleaning equipment. Date: circa 1980s

Advert for H. W. Koehler - vacuum flask 1912
" Autotherm", vacuum flask, maintaining heat for 24 hours and keeps liquid cool for days. 1912

Splitting of the Atom - apparatus used by Dr J D Cockcroft
Dr John D Cockcroft listening for sounds indicating atomic disintegration brought about by the bombardment with high-velocity protons of the lithium nucleus

Advert for Frantz Premier Electric Cleaner
A house-proud lady vacuums her home with the Frantz Premier Electric Cleaner. Date: 1917

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Crackers dog show inventions (with the authors apologies to Heath Robinson). Smoothing the Scotch Collie, Pampering the Pom, and Improving the Kerry Blues Beard

Six girls on a Balham street, SW London
Six girls huddled together in front of a wooden fence on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Tramp asleep on a Balham street, SW London
A tramp asleep on a bench on a Balham street in SW London. The various bags and papers appear to belong to him. Date: circa 1960s

C1909 Belsize Vintage Car / Taxi Cab, Lansdown Place Lane
C1909 Belsize Vintage Car/Taxi Cab, Lansdown Place Lane, Cheltenham, England. Outside the Lansdown Motor Company Garage - showing a sign for Vacuum Motor Oils. Date: 1910s

Encyclopedia of Sport by William Heath Robinson
1. Vacuuming white mice on the Scottish moors. One in a series of crack pot sports imagined by William Heath Robinson in The Sketch magazine. Date: 1914

Fuel for domestic appliances by G. H. Davis
Your fuel target: details that will help in planning economy during the Second World War, so that fuel rationing can be avoided

Advert for Icy-Hot vacuum flasks 1916
Keeps contents ice cold for 72 hours; hot for 24 hours, comes in container enameled in leather effect, with nickel-plated shoulder and drinking cup. 1916

Ladies Camping
Two rather smartly dressed young ladies, probably more accostomed to the town than the country, avoid roughing it by making tea with a very shiny modern vacuum flask! Date: late 1950s

Advert for GEC Electric cleaner 1950
GEC Electric cleaner. 1950

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Woman robot vacuuming rug

Blaise Pascals experiment with atmospheric pressure, using a thick-walled glass tube, measuring dif

Illustration of vacuum experiments, flame being extinguished in a vacuum, sound being muted in a vac

PHYSICS: APPARATUS, 1879. A Crookes tube in which a strip of platinum (b) is made red hot by the passage of current between the bowl-shaped cathode (a) and an anode (D)

OTTO von GUERICKE (1602-1686). German physicist. Guericke demonstrating the nature of a vacuum, 1641

Cleaning Carriages
August 1908: London & South Western Railway carriages are cleaned using industrial vacuum cleaners. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Coupling Device
July 1910: The vacuum break coupling device on a LNWR (London and North Western Railways) slip coach. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Rail Cleaning Van
The interior of a London South Western Railway cleaning carriage, with an industrial vacuum cleaner. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Miss May Mitchell of Pontypridd, crankshaft polisher
Miss May Mitchell of Pontypridd, formerly a vacuum cleaner supervisor, polishes a crankshaft from a damaged engine at the BOAC Depot in South Wales in 1942. Date: 1942

Picture No. 10747195
Cat - watching a vacuum cleaner Date:

Picture No. 10747194
CAT. Cat watching a vacuum cleaner Date:

English chemist and physicist. The bladder-bellows and feather used by Robert Boyle to find a medium more subtle than
ROBERT BOYLE (1627-1691). English chemist and physicist. The bladder-bellows and feather used by Robert Boyle to find a medium more subtle than air

English chemist and physicist. The Cylinder or axle tree connected to a turning key that enabled Robert Boyle to stike
ROBERT BOYLE (1627-1691). English chemist and physicist. The Cylinder or axle tree connected to a turning key that enabled Robert Boyle to stike a bell in a vacuum

An apparatus developed by Sir William Crookes (1832-1919). The diagram shows the deflection of cathode or Crookes rays
CROOKES: APPARATUS. An apparatus developed by Sir William Crookes (1832-1919). The diagram shows the deflection of cathode or Crookes rays in an ordinary high-vacuum tube by a steel magnet held near

James Dewar (1842-1923) in his laboratory holding one of his vacuum flasks. Scottish chemist and physicist. Vacuum flask: cordite. From a picture published London 1910

Von Guerickes demonstration of power of vacuum, using Magdeburg hemispheres and two teams of horses. From Guericke Experimenta Nova, Amsterdam, 1672

Otto von Guericke (1606-1686), German inventor, engineer and physicist, c1672. Portrait from his Experimenta Nova, ut vocant, Magdeburgica, de vacuo Spatio (New Magdeburgian Experiments)

Various substances fluorescing in vacuum tubes of different shapes. Chromolithograph, Leipzig 1903

Title page of Experimenta Nova, ut vocant, Magdeburgica, de vacuo Spatio, (Amsterdam, 1672). (New Magdeburgian Experiments, as they are called)

Equilibrium and the movement of the air: educational plate published Wurtemberg c.1850. Height of air, Depth of ocean. Ballooning, Diving, Vacuum, Barometer, Air Pump, Diving Bell, Syringe, Air gun

Mercury vacuum pump being used to evacuate (exhaust) light bulbs on commercial scale c1883. Pump here is Geisslers as modified by Topler and was type used by the Swan Company. From R

Vacuum apparatus used to exhaust Edison incandescent light bulbs at G (centre top). From Scientific American, New York, 1880. Engraving

Experiment designed to show that air has weight. From Experimenta Nova ut vocantur Magdeburgica De Vacuo Spatio (New Magdeburg Experiments About the Vacuum, Otto von Guericke, (Amsterdam, 1672)

Electric discharges in rarefied gases. 2, 3, 4 and 6, Geissler tubes. 1 Fluorescence of Sulphuret of calcium. 4 Nitrogen Vacuum (Spirals of Uranium Glass), 7, Hydrogen

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From Joseph Wright's 'The Airpump' to the 1926 Hoover vacuum cleaner advertisement, the evolution of home appliances is a testament to human ingenuity. Step into the past and witness the Mobiloil enamel sign proudly displaying its connection with cleanliness. The upright Hoover, introduced in that era, revolutionized cleaning routines with its powerful suction. In 1927, Electrolux captured hearts with their innovative design and efficiency. Picture a patient woman meticulously tidying her surroundings using the Western Electric vacuum cleaner - an image that symbolizes dedication and perfectionism. Did you know that even wireless devices needed vacuuming? Yes. A quirky advert from back then shows us just how meticulous people were about keeping everything clean. Travel back further to 1912 when Daisy introduced their revolutionary vacuum cleaner. This early innovation paved the way for future advancements in household cleaning technology. Fast forward to the swinging sixties where elegance met practicality as ladies effortlessly maneuvered their vacuums around stylishly furnished homes - a true embodiment of sophistication. But it's not just homes that benefit from vacuums; even space stations rely on these ingenious machines for maintaining hygiene in zero gravity environments. Imagine astronauts floating through space while ensuring cleanliness. And let's not forget about Imperial Vacuum Cleaner's iconic advertisement from 1914, showcasing how this appliance became an essential part of every household across different eras. So whether it's a coach party enjoying lunch at a pub or astronauts aboard a space station toilet, one thing remains constant: vacuums have become indispensable tools in our quest for cleanliness throughout history.