Terri Kirby Erickson found both perspiration and inspiration in her old Hoover vacuum cleaner. The North Carolina poet, who lives near Winston-Salem, didn't know all the sordid details of the rise and ...

Long before it became a brand owned by a Hong Kong company, the Hoover Co. was in North Canton. There it made iconic vacuum cleaners used in households around the world, and established a reputation ...

Who would have thought that vacuum cleaners could be interesting? The usual consumer, bombarded by advertising, chooses what seems to be the best sweeper to meet needs and price, and doesn’t really ...