Old and New Hoovers, Old Black and White Snapshot opener not visible with lid on

not visible with lid on

6 3/4" tip of beak to end of handle

I also quite love the xxx in brown crayon just above it

Plus a gorgeous marbled blue cover on the book and leather spine

with a few ink stains I think are original to its making

Old and New Hoovers, Old Black and White Snapshot opener not visible with lid onA portrait of the old Hoover and new "Hoover machines," as inscribed on the back of the photo, standing side by side as if conversation about the nature of hoover ing and engaged in a passing of the torch! A fun one for sure, but also at least for those who feel a certain empathy for objects rather melancholic, too; what is to become of the old Hoover? A pretty great distillation of machine age values pointing ever forward toward the latest model,