Propane lantern & stove manufacturers C

The Caloric Corporation,
Topton, Pennsylvania,
made this Model U1 Cub
portable ultra-ray broiler.
The door is removed to
show the broiler in the right image
and the top features a
single burner.
A wire loop holds the propane
cylinder erect along the back of the unit.
This broiler/stove is in
Brien Page's collection.
Coleman made this model
1900-701 gas-lite
in celebration of their
60th year of being in business (1960).
The gas-lite could be mounted
on a pole wall bracket
and hooked up to a propane
or natural gas line.
This never-fired gas-lite
is in John Morris's collection.

Coleman propane lantern
Models 5101 (left) and 5104 (right).
These undated models both
take the same canister, inserted vertically.
Model 5101, was made by
Coleman in Wichita, and is in Craig Seabrook's collection.
Model 5104 was made by
Coleman of Canada in the early '60's
and still has the original
Canadian globe.
This model is in Don Colston's
collection.


Three more Coleman propane
lanterns,
Model 5120 (left) with
the fuel canister assembly removed,
Model 5121 (center) from
Coleman of Canada,
and Model 5122 (right)
with the fuel can assembly inserted in the lantern.
The 5120 is dated Dec.
'62, the 5121 is undated, and the 5122 is dated Aug. '70.
Models 5121 and 5122 are
in Craig Seabrook's collection.
More recently Coleman in
Canada made this Model 5417.
This lantern is dated Jan.
'73.
This lantern, in Don Colston's
collection,
also has a white base ring
which is not shown.
There are two heat deflector
disks below the single burner,
an unusual feature.
Coleman's Model 5409 stove
also took these same fuel canisters,
four in this two burner
stove.
The covering of this stove,
in Brien Page's collection, is aluminum.
This Coleman Model 5107,
also in Brien Page's collection,
is dated September, 1975.
This one mantle model is
match lighting.
The reflector appears to
have been added by a previous owner.
Coleman made three slightly
different versions of this stove in the 1970's-'80's,
all utilizing the propane
canister to form the third leg.
This one, Model 5418B700,
is date stamped Dec. 1979.
These stoves are surprisingly
sturdy and stable.
The two legs fold under
the stove and there is a plastic cap (not visible here)
to protect the canister
connection to the stove.

Coleman propane heater
Models 5443, Focus 3 (left), and 5445 (right)
The Focus 3 is undated
while the 5445 is dated Sept. 1981.
The Model 5445 holds two
propane canisters.
These heaters are in Ron
Lenfield's collection.

Coleman currently makes
the 5155 portable propane camp lantern (left)
while the 5155 J version
(right) was made for the Japanese market.
The Japanese version uses
an iso-butane fuel canister.
This is a two mantle lantern
with electronic ignition.
Both are in Brien Page's
collection.
The four feet swivel under
the base of the lantern on the left for transporting.
This Coleman Model 5179
Propane Yard Light
is date stamped April,
1985.
It is in John Morris's
collection.
The Northstar lantern,
Model 2500-750G,
is the current top of the
line propane lantern.
The one on the left with
the amber globe is dated July '02
and the one on the right
with the clear globe is dated Jan '02.
The lanterns, in Brien
Page's collection,
feature electronic ignition
and produce 550cp from the tubular mantle.
This Model Coleman 9400
propane stove is a larger unit that uses 20 lb propane tanks for fuel.
Each of the two burners
is rated at 100,000 BTU's.
This stove, in Brien Page's
collection, is date stamped March, 2004
and was made in China but
was designed and engineered in Wichita, Kansas.
Brien Page reports that
this Coleman Model 9933 propane skillet
does a great job of cooking
eggs, sausage, bacon,
and everything else they
have tried on campouts.

Coleman's Serenade Model
5157 propane table lamp (left)
and Model 9980-750 butane
patio light (right) are current models.
Both feature electronic
ignition and
reflective conical heat
shields
that helps reflects light,
frosted globes, and black enamel ventilators.
The light on the right
is in Brien Page's collection.