A vintage Electrolux vacuum cleaner … muse for this 1950s ashtray. Seems like true love to me. $120 at Atomic Warehouse.
Vintage Electrolux ashtray from Atomic Warehouse
Posted by: • January 24, 2010
Mid Mod Madness
In the wondrous basement warehouse of World of Tile 
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“Ashtray house” designed by Albert Ledner 
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My great uncle Ben sold Electrolux vacuums door-to-door in Columbus, Georgia, from the early 1950s until about 1980. He and my aunt had an ashtray very similar to this in their living room when I was growing up. As I recall, their ashtray was more of a hot pink and was larger, but it featured the blue Electrolux canister vac. I have always remembered that ashtray and wondered what happened to it. I’m sure it got tossed to the curb after my aunt’s death in 1984. Thanks for the fun memory!
I’ve seen ashtrays a bit like this show up on eBay as well, along with little toy models in plastic.
A few months back I bought an Electrolux XXX off Craigslist, and I’ve been really pleased with how well it works. It’s just fun to use, too.
I live five minutes from Atomic Warehouse! I would love the shop a lot more, if one; the prices were better, and 2; if it had better/more hours.
We had one of those vacuum cleaners when I was growing up. It was grey and stainless steel, and worked very well. We burned out the motor a couple of times, but my Dad was an electrician, and he just kept repairing it. My Mom used it for decades.
That is beautiful!
The vacuum on the ashtray is a Model G. The Model G was Electrolux’s top of the line model made from 1961-66 in turqouise and 1967-68 in brown. This machine had the feature where when the bag got full the motor turned off and the bag door opened. It was superceded in 1968 by the boxy model 1205
i actually have that vacuum lol!
I’m a Filter Queen guy myself but very cool ashtray!
my friend and I have a term for this……cute as a bugs butt!