Hubert Cecil Booth vs. Soot: The Vacuum Cleaner That Trailed Horses Around London
When Victorian engineer Hubert Booth unleashed his horse-drawn vacuum on London’s streets, chaos and cleanliness collided in an unexpected spectacle.
Spangler’s Vacuum Wars: A Janitor’s Dust Allergy That Gave Rise to Hoover
Plagued by debilitating asthma attacks, janitor James Spangler’s desperate quest for clean air sparked a household revolution that changed cleaning forever.