The Enterprise Portable Gasoline Stove
was manufactured by the Enterprise Tool & Metal Works of Chicago.
It features a detachable, external pump
and a preheater reminiscent of a blow torch.

This Evinrude Camp Stove was made for Evinrude by Hercules Mfg, Minneapolis, Minnesota;
a smaller decal with the Hercules name shows through the Evinrude decal on the metal case.
Hercules Mfg. sold a very similar stove with their name on it.
Larry Pennell, whose collection this is in,
got the stove with the metal case, pump, pin, and funnel
The safety pin was apparently used to clean the generator tip.
The pump screws into a valve/fuel cap on the back of the stove.

The only identification on this stove
or the box (not shown) is Fire-Lite.
The stove, seen here heating water,
is a clone of the popular SVEA 123
possibly manufactured in Asia.

This is a Model 100 Petromax brand stove from Germany
was made by Graetz Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH.
It runs on kerosene and is preheated with alcohol
which can be put in the cup via the hole beside the burner.
The flame is regulated by pumping
and bleeding air with the screw on the left.

The Lea Him Co. (Pte) Ltd, Singapore made this No. 2
kerosene tank to serve multiple stove (roarer) burners.
The tank has a built-in pump, pressure gauge, and 2 fuel lines.
While this tank is dated July 15, 1970,
it and three other sizes are still for sale by the company.

Lea Hin also made this Butterfly brand stove, Model 2411.
This stove with its tin is in Bo Ryman's collection.

A/B B.A. Hjorth & Co., Stockholm, Sweden,
made this Model 6 stove with a silent burner.
This stove, in Jeff Johnson's collection,
is shown with an optional Primus toaster.
The stove is date stamped W = 1932.

This Model 54 Primus brand tripod stove (left),
in Bo Ryman's collection, is date stamped AD = 1939.
The flame guard has a pour spout for filling the alcohol cup.
The fount cap is held by a chain when not in use for packing the stove with fuel.
This stove also came with the parts to convert it to Model 157R heater (right)
with a suspended heating cone & reflector.

This Model 71E Primus brand stove was made in 1948.
Older Primus products are stamped on the bottom
with a letter code for the year, in this case, AM.
This stove, which burns white gas, is in Jorgen Svensson's collection.

Primus brand stoves, Model 85 (left) dated AA = 1936,
and Model 701 (right) dated AD = 1939.
These stoves have larger founts for industrial use but lack the optional cooking stands.
The stove on the left is in Jeff Johnson's collection.
The flame spreader  on the 701 stove is a replacement.

Model 96 Primus stoves - 1923 (left) and 1937 (right).
The burner on this collapsible stove fits on the conical fuel riser tube
as does the alcohol preheater cup.
The boxes for the stoves are 14.5 x 12.5 x 7.5cm.
Note the simpler four-sided preheater windscreen
and non-folding leg bases on the 1923 version of this stove.
The stove on the right is in Wade Hicks' collection.

Model 523 Primus stove is a two silent burner model
that has interesting valve wheels
that are articulated and fastened to the front legs.
This kerosene stove, in Mike Baker's collection,
is dated 1932.

A more recent two silent burner kerosene stove,
this Primus 535 is not date stamped but probably dates to the 1960's
when a lot of this popular model were made (Bo Ryman).
This stove, in Bob Meyer's collection, is also marked A/B Bahco.

This stove, which is stamped "Sitima Asili No. 1S:or" and "Kaluworks Mombasa,"
was likely not made in Sweden as the box (right) states.
The label is also stamped Assembled in Tanganyika;
the bottom of the box is marked Kenya Box Factory.
Ross Mellows notes that Primus Trading on the box label makes it post 1962
and more likely of Optimus, not Primus, origin.
This stove is in Glenn Knapke's collection.

The Norwegian company, Hovik Verk, made these Model 41 stoves
which are also stamped with their Standard brand.
The one on the left, finished in nickel, is shown running.
The end of the pump handle doubles as a plug
when the burner is removed for packing in the tin.

Hovik Verk also made this Model 210 stove

under license from Primus in Sweden.

The burner was supplied by Primus and is so marked.

This stove is in Harald Hogseth's collection.

Hugo Mfg. Co., Duluth, Minnesota, made this Model 6 Basford stove
sometime after 1924 based on several patent dates on the label.
This two burner stove, in James Davis's collection,
includes a siphon to take gas from a car tank
and a pressure gauge on the end of the fount.
A warming rack is located above the cooking grate.

A.J. Lindemann & Hoverson Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
probably made this Model 2 A stove in the 1920's
based on similarities to more well-known Coleman products.
The stove is also identified as the Kerogas brand
but is labeled for gasoline only.
This stove is in Steve Winikates collection.

Metallwarenfabrik Josef Rosenthal, Vienna, Austria, made this Model 29 stove.
The stove is alcohol fueled; "Nur fur Spiritus" is printed on the top of the metal label (right).
Dido Scheringa owns this stove.

This stove was made by the Monitor Heating & Oil Appliances Ltd,
Birmingham, UK.
The stove fits in the carry case which doubles as a cooking grate
for the stove when inserted in the case.
This stove is in Jeff Johnson's collection.
Note the tip cleaners held in the front door.

National Stamping & Electric Works, Chicago, Illinois,
made the Handy Camp Stove (left) around 1916-1920,
&  No. 2 Handy Camp Stove (center & right) in the 1920's and early 30's.
Both stoves require a separate pump.
I was able to control the flame on the No 2 stove
with the tip cleaner (left image - below the drum).
The Handy Camp Stove (left) is in Bo Ryman's collection.

This is a very early tripod stove dating to 1881.
It was developed by C.R.Nyberg who later cooperated with Max Sievert who sold his products.
Sievert bought the Nyberg plant and products were then sold as Sievert.
This stove is model GK in the 1915 Sievert catalog.
This pumpless model, in Bo Ryman's collection, runs on gasoline.

This Cook Quick Model 112 stove was made or badged by Okeefe & Merritt,
a Los Angeles, California, company.
This stove requires a separate pump.
It is in Ron Lenfield's collection.

Aktiebolaget Optimus, Stockholm, Sweden,
made this Optimus brand No 1 stove circa 1915, according to Bo Ryman.
The pump has an access port to the check valve on the other side of the fount from the handle,
the legs have a ring of metal to hold them in the brackets at the right height,
the feet are rounded brass, & the burner has wings at the base for hand tightening.

Optimus also made this Model 22B stove
in a two-burner version of the well known tripod stove.
This stove has roarer burners,
so-called for the noise they make when running, as seen here.
This model runs on white gas/Coleman fuel.
The fount is moved forward, which slides the burners under the two grates.

Ross Mellows identified this Optimus stove as Model 184,
a marine stove model perhaps made in the 1950's
and the equivalent of non-marine Model 182.
The stove has two silent burners, each with its own brass fount.
This stove is in John Bell's collection.

Optimus International AB is the manufacturer's name
on this Optimus Ranger 10 stove.
The fount and metal box are black painted steel;
only the fuel filler cap and some of the burner parts are brass.
The aluminum pump fits over the filler cap to pressurize the fount.