Hoover Constellation vacuum cleaner, about 1956. A particularly 'space age' 1950s vacuum cleaner, noted for its use of exhaust air to make it hover. Coupled with a futuristic spherical shape and ...

When we talk about a “computer” today, we generally picture an electronic machine that can perform various kinds of mathematical operations, manage its program flow, move data from one place to ...

The E-G reported 17 Sept. 1954: “Hoover Vacuum Cleaner Industry Pioneer Dies.” The article stated that James Spangler, a janitor with asthma, was bothered by dust when he swept with a broom. To escape ...

NORTH CANTON — A hundred years ago, 160 of the best salesmen in the world made a pilgrimage to North Canton, the one-time capital of vacuum cleaners. Men, like Lloyd Doolittle and Fred Roake, came ...