logo image Coleman lamps after mid-1920's


This Model BQ Bracket Lamp is shown with the #307 white ribbed shade.

This lamp is in Dwayne Hanson's collection.

It was made in the late teens to early 30's.

This lamp is not marked.


Coleman made the Model 117 lamp in the late 1920's

This lamp has the slant burner with Q77 generator

and takes a separate pump.

It has the #443 Kremelite shade (left) and #444 Peacock shade (right).

This lamp is in Dean DeGroff's collection.


Coleman Toronto made Model 118 (left) in Oct. 1928

while Coleman Wichita made the same model (right), around the same time.

The lamp on the left, in George Rocen's collection, has the #324 shade and #903 bug screen.

The paint, not used in the US, is a dark brown Colac finish with gold accents.

The lamp on the right, in Ed Dennis's collection, had lost much of its original gold Colac finish

so Ed experimented with reproducing this special finish with fine results.


Models F-102 (left), F-104 (center), and F-105 (right) table lamps

were made by Coleman for their Sunshine Products Co., Chicago, Illinois.

Note the carburetor valve in the F-104 & F-105; these lamps are instant lighting.

The F-102 & F-104, in Neil McRae's collection, feature the same shade,

while the "corrugated" shade on the F-105 is the only difference besides the finish (bronze vs. brass)

between these latter two models; both of these lamps are stamped CQ and May, 1932.

These two shades were the only ones offered by Sunshine Products as was true of the earlier Sunshine Safety Lamp Co.

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This Canadian Coleman is the Silver Duchess.

It was originally sold with a parchment shade.

It was model 118B in the US but seems to have been model 118 in Canada.

It is also similar to Model 154, shown in a 1935 Canada parts catalogue,

but that model lacks the integral pump which this one has.

This one, in Neil McRae's collection, is dated September, 1934.


This Canadian Coleman, dated July 1939,

differs from the Silver Duchess above

by having a brown painted fount and handle with gold accents.

It came from Australia and is likely Canadian Model 118B.

This lamp is in Ernie Hiatt's collection


Canadian Coleman lamps, Model 153 (left) dated Sept. 1934

and Model 154 (right) dated Aug. 1938.

These models lack the integral pump and have the valve at the base of the handle.

The Model 153 lamp is graced with a #318 Coleman glass shade

and is in George Rocen's collection.

The Model 154 lamp is in Craig Seabrook's collection.


While it lacks an original shade,

this Coleman Model 131 lamp has a reproduction mica chimney

made by Fred Kuntz, who owns this lamp.

This lamp is dated July, 1934.


Coleman in Toronto, Canada sold a steel base/vase

to hold 242 series lanterns and called the combination Duo-Lite.

This 242 lantern/lamp is dated February, 1935,

and is in Dick Sellers' collection.

The post in the ventilator holds a lamp shade (not shown).


Models 134G and P are match lighting models that were made in 1935.

They require a separate pump and were economy models.

As seen here this lamp is Model 134G with the Pyrex globe;

134P had an outer parchment shade.

Both 134G and P came in the Silvertone finish.

This lamp is dated June '35.


Model 129 is similar in features to 134 models above

except that it is a kerosene model.

This lamp, in Jim Lawrence's collection, was also made in the mid-1930's

and took No 355 globe and a parchment shade.

The finish on this lamp is Indian Bronze.


A CQ stamped lamp on the bottom,

the decal on the side of this Canadian lamp identifies it as Kerosene Mantle Lamp.

This lamp, in Bernie Rousseau's collection, is date stamped May 1937.

Neil McRae has determined that this is Model 169K

based on the listings in a Canadian Coleman Catalog from 1936.

Compare to the labeled 169K below.


Model 141A (left) dated June, 1937, & 141 Junior (right) dated  March, 1939,

These models are two of several made in Canada in the 1930's

that had a nickel plated brass fount.

The lamp on the right is in George Rocen's collection.


Coleman in Canada made this Model 128C, named the "Princess."

This coppertone model was quick-lighting and required an external pump.

It would run on either kerosene (as shown here with the alcohol cup) or white gas.

This lamp, dated April, 1938, is in George Rocen's collection.

No 355 Pyrex globe and finial are on this lamp

but not the outer parchment shade.


This is the Model 143 table lamp with a parchment shade.

This lamp is in Dwayne Hanson's collection.

The lamp has an inner Pyrex globe

that allowed for the use of a Coleman "Sheer-Lite" shade.

This shade is the Poinsettia pattern.

It was manufactured in 1938-41.


Model 151 was made in 1938-42 and was a three mantle, 450cp model.

Version 151G, seen here from Ernie Hiatt's collection,

had the Spring Green ceramic vase and a parchment shade (missing).

The undated fount is "made of Everdur" and is "Guaranteed for life

against defects and corrosion." per a label on the bottom.

The image was taken by Neil McRae.


Coleman's Model 138 is a two-burner,

kerosene-fueled lamp that was made in the later 1930's.

This one, with an undated fount, is in Verne Sullivan's collection.

It lacks the parchment shade but has the finial and inner Pyrex globe.

Models 138, 138A, and 138B are named in Coleman catalogs

but the details of their differences are not known.


Coleman in Toronto, Canada made this kerosene burning chandelier lamp,

Model 103K, in September, 1939.

Each burner uses an R55 generator.

The original parchment shades were no longer with the lamp

when Neil McRae got it, so he added reproduction 321 shades from Craig Seabrook.


Coleman wall lamp Model 859

operated on dry or liquid butane fuel.

As on other models of the period,

the 355 glass globe protected an outer parchment shade.

This model dates to circa 1939

and is in Jim and Jan Nichols' collection.


Instant-Lite Model 132A was manufactured from 1935-49.

The coppertone version (left) is date stamped Aug. 1937.

It has the 355 globe but lacks the parchment shade.

The ivory with gold accent version (right), in John Carriere's collection,

is date stamped Nov. 1940.

The parchment shade is a replacement;

it is protected within by the 355 Coleman globe.



Model 169K requires a separate pump

and had a parchment shade with an inner globe.

This Canadian model, dated Nov 1941,  was a large fount alternative

to the 168K below; both use kerosene.

Both of these models have a mixing tube that contains an inner metal sleeve (lower image),

presumably to help in the use of kerosene as a fuel.


Coleman of Canada made these Model 168K lamps, named the "Regal"

in Nov. 1938 (left), Dec. 1942 (center), & May 1946 (right);

this kerosene model requires an external pump.

The lamp on the left, in George Rocen's collection, is an earlier version painted black with gold accents.

The fount on the lamp in the center is steel due to a shortage of brass during WWII.

The mica globe and parchment shade on the lamp (right) appear to be original.


Model 139 table lamp came with a parchment shade (not shown)

which was protected by the 355 Pyrex globe as seen here.

The lamp could be run on kerosene or gasoline

with a T44K or T44G generator respectively.

This lamp, in Herman Mulder's collection, is date stamped July, 1946.


Coleman's Model 152 & 152A (below) were the last lamp models made in Wichita.

These lamps are both dated Jan. 1947, early in the production of this model.

The lamp on the left, in Bill Tanner's collection, came with a 355 globe and parchment shade.

This model ran on white gas or kerosene and is running here on kerosene.

The lamp on the right, in Dorothy Nietfeldt's collection, is seen with the original parchment shade.

$11.95 is the price in marking pencil on the box for this lamp.

Model 152A was a gasoline only model

so there is no instructional decal on the fount.

This lamp, in Bob Meyer's collection, is date stamped A 48.

The plastic pleated shade is shown

in Coleman catalogs and may have come with the lamp.


Coleman in Toronto made this Model 157 lamp

which is also date stamped Jan. 1947 as the above Wichita Model 152s.

Bob Meyer outfitted his lamp with a fluted parchment Empress shade

that is also from this period.


Coleman in Toronto made this Model 156 lamp

which is date stamped Feb. 1949.

Unlike Model 157 above this match lighting economy model

requires a separate pump.

This lamp is in Herman Mulder's collection.


These Coleman Canada Model 159Xs are date stamped Dec. 1955 (left) and June 1969 (right).

The X designation in the model number is for the red painted brass restrictor
on the base of the air tube.
With the restrictor in place the lamp burns gasoline well
and, if removed, it runs well on kerosene (John Eggert).
The lamp on the left is in Ed Dennis's collection.

The lamp on the right, in George Rocen's collection,

may have been made near the end of lamp making by Coleman in Canada.

The lamp is unfired and came with the 159X-3382 globe holder and 330 globe.

 

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