The first vacuum clear was constructed of odd parts. The vacuum effect was accomplished by the attachment of an old pillowcase as its bag. A few hundred refinements later, the Hoover family popularized and sold door-to-door the motorized sucking machine dubbed the vacuum cleaner.

It doesn't take a degree in interior design to notice how the humble vacuum cleaner has ably reflected the styles and dreams of popular culture.

In the 1930s Hoover incorporated a round headlight into the front of their cleaning machines causing countless children to turn off the lights, plug in the vacuum, and play train with the noisy machines.

In the 40's the grill-work on vacuums was redesigned, making the machines used to clean carpets resemble the huge, chrome-plated Chryslers and Oldsmobiles sitting in drive…