American Camp Stove No. 1,
made by the American Gas Machine Co., Albert Lea, Minnesota,
was advertised in Catalogue 22, circa 1917.
"...'the furnace in a bucket'...produces an intensely hot flame...
and is especially popular with the carnival and amusement trade
for warming pits, for lunch stands, as a candy cooker, etc."
This model weighs 15 lbs. and holds 1 gallon of gasoline.

The American Gas Machine Co., Albert Lea, Minnesota,
made this Model 20 alcohol fueled stove
with a coil burner, circa 1918.
The fount is pressurized by the burning alcohol above.
This stove, In Joe Pagan's collection, came with the metal container.

KampKook Model 3 was made by AGM
in two versions - as seen above in Randall Adams' collection
with curved retractable legs and a hinged top
and as seen on the No. 6 below with straight retractable legs fitted in the corners and a separate top.
Randall restored this stove
including reproducing the original decals on the fount and inside cover.

This is an early two burner stove, Kampkook Model 6,
made by the American Gas Machine Co.
The lid (not shown) is detached from the stove when in use.
The separate pump is shown on the pumps page.
This stove is in Brien Page's collection.

Kampkook Model 10 has three burners and a cast iron grates
This stove is in Brien Page's collection.
As Model 6 above, Model 10 was in the 1923 AGM catalog,
and required a separate pump.

The Model 44 Kampkook stove by AGM
appears in a 1930 parts catalogue.
This stove has been in James Davis's family's possession
and was probably purchased new by his father.
It was used on family camping trips until the 1960's
and still operates.

Model 77 Kampkook stove by AGM is similar to the one above
and is in the same 1930 parts catalogue.
This model features an extended pump (from the fount)
similar to Models 277 and 278 lanterns.
This stove is in Ron Lenfield's collection.

Model 15 JiffyKook by AGM shared the fount
that was also used on some of their lamp and lantern models.
This stove appears in the 1930 and later catalogues.
While it is a one-burner model it is 9" tall to the top of the burners,
10.5" in diameter at the valve and weighs 7 pounds empty!
George Rocen restored this stove which is in his collection.

AGM Model 18 JiffyKook is very similar to Model 15 above
and came with the same burner as seen here in Cat. No. 40 from the mid 1930's.
The pump on Model 18 is the only apparent difference
between this model and Model 15.
Drew Meyer restored this stove for his neighbor, Dave Puetz.

Model 22 ReadyKook by AGM is from the same time period as the preceding models.
This larger model was probably designed for cabin use.
It features a large attached fount
that takes a separate pump that is held by a bracket on the far side of the stove (right).
This restored stove is in Glenn Knapke's collection.

Most of the stenciling on the tank of this American Gas Machine
American Heating Unit is too faded to read.
However, No. 135,
which is described in a circa 1934 AGM Parts Catalog,
fits this appliance.
This utility burner is in Brad Stephenson's collection.

This is the American Gas Machine version of the Coleman Model 520
military pocket stove.
The aluminum pots/stove containers are labeled CM Mfg. Co.
The stove is dated 1945.
This stove is in Fred Kuntz's collection.

In 1945 AGM also made this medical sterilizing two burner stove for the military.
Here the stove is sitting on top of the combination sterilizing chamber-stove container
for display purposes in the image.
This stove is in Bob Meyer's collection.

A three burner stove, Model 2534, made by AGM.
This stove is in Brien Page's collection.

AGM Kampkook Stove Model 2821 may date to the late 1930's or 1940's after WWII.
The stove, in Glenn Knapke's collection,
is unusual in that it lacks side windscreens
and uses tabs at the back corners of the lid to pivot
and the back edge of the top serves as a stop
to hold the cover in the upright position (right image).

AGM SpeediKook Models 6206, left, and 6906, right
are single burner stoves comparable to the Coleman 500 Speed-Master.
Model 6206 is in Craig Seabrook's collection; it appears in a 1956 catalogue.
Model 6906 is in Joe Pagan's collection; it is also stamped SunFlame
and has finial style nuts to hold the grate on the frame base rest
in addition to the windscreen, different hole pattern in the collar and nickel plating.

This three-burner stove is identified as Model LCS-61A,
manufactured by American Gas Machine Co.,
Division of Queen Stove Works, Albert Lea, Minnesota.
This stove is in Brien Page's collection.

Model LCS-21 is a similar two-burner stove to Model LCS-61A above
except that it is a two burner model.
The embossing on the front panel identifies the maker as on the stove above.
This stove, apparently unused, is in Brooks Wilson's collection.

Thermos or the predecessor Queen Stove Works
made this J.C. Higgins Model 710.74040
two burner stove for Sears
during the period of the stove models above and below this one.
This stove is in Curtis Edward's collection.

Model WCS 11A KampKook stove was made by the Queen Products Division
of the King Seeley Corporation,
a successor company to AGM located in Albert Lea, Minnesota..
This stove, which dates to the 1950's,
is in Brien Page's collection.

Thermos, the successor company to American Gas Machine,
made this three burner Holiday brand camp stove in 1961.
The Model No. is 8430.
The generator is enlarged above the left burner, presumably for heat exchange.
The middle and right burners are controlled by levers from the front panel.
This stove is in Bo Ryman's collection.

This Holiday Model 8490 probably dates to the late 1950's or early 1960's.
It has a square case rather than rounded as Model 8430 above so may be earlier than 1961.
This two burner stove, in Harold Weiss Jr's collection,
is stamped King Seeley Thermos Division, Macomb, Illinois.
The case is also stamped with an R above and to the right of the above stamping;
this may be a code for the year it was made.
The bar sticking out of the lower right side of the case controls the right burner.

Sears Ted Williams Model 776.74151 (left) and 776.74242 (right)
were likely made by Thermos based on the pump parts which are the same on Thermos Brand stoves..
The left end of the tanks have a peg, that with the pump handle, hold the tanks in the front of the stoves.
The front leg doubles as a handle.
The tank on the stove on the right is aluminum.
This stove on the left is in Brien Page's collection; the stove on the right is in Bob Meyer's collection.

British Petroleum Co., Ltd., London, England,

made this Cleary "B P" stove,

which was named for its inventor, Edwin Cleary,

who patented the burner in the early 1920s.

Henry Plews restored this heavily used appliance

in his collection to close to its original appearance

Clayton & Lambert, a Detroit, Michigan, company, filed the patent for this Model 3 stove in 1926,
the patent was issued in 1931, and the stove is marked Patent Pending.
All of this 3 burner model, including the stand, folds down to 29" x 12" x 7".
A high-end model, it features pilot lights for the 2 side burners, a pullout gas tank on sliding rails
that self lock in the out position, and attached flip-up grates for each burner to ease cleaning;
the flame guide surrounding each burner lifts off for cleaning.
The stove cooks evenly on all burners and is thrifty on fuel.
The stove is in Laura and Mike Murphy's collection.
Please contact me if you have any information on this model.

This Model 733 Dura Camp brand stove was made
by an unidentified Japanese manufacturer,
possibly in the 1960's.
It has a number of similarities to Coleman stoves of the same period.
This stove is in Brien Page's collection.