US lamp manufacturers C - M


"The Canton" is an arc lamp that was made by the
Canton Inc. Light Co., Canton, Ohio.
The hanger leaning against the right side of the fount
appears to be an original part of the lamp.
This lamp is in Verne Sullivan's collection.


The brass badge on this lamp identifies it as the Diamond Reading Lamp
made by the Diamond Light Co., Kansas City, Missouri.
The company was in business from 1909 - 1913
based on our examinationn of the city directories of that period.
This toch lighting lamp is in Jon Schedler's collection.


The Doud Lighting Co., Chicago, Illinois,
manufactured these lamps.
The two mantle torch lighting Model 1 (left) ran well for Neil McRae,
whose collection these are in.
The one mantle match lighting generator lamp (right)
is an unknown model that has the manufacturer's stamp.


Unlike others of this model, this Model No. 22 lamp
is stamped Economy Lamp Co. Kansas City (Missouri) on the heat deflector.
The shade appears to be original to the lamp
based on an advertisment for this model dated Nov. 1, 1919.
It is a torch lit gasoline model
with a vertically mounted tip cleaner and horizonal air intake.


The Economy Lamp Company also made Model 401 (left),
which has a nickel plated brass fount,
and Model 417 (right), which has a green painted brass fount.
The generators on these models are compatible with Coleman.
The lamp on the right has a hanging rod; only the bottom can be seen in the image.
The lamp on the right has a flat steel eye bolt to hold the shade hanger.


The Foote Mfg. Co., Dayton, Ohio, made this unmarked lamp
during their short period of existence (1908-17).
I was able to run this kerosene lamp courtesy of John Anderson
who kindly donated his valve stem.
The lamp has a solid air screw and also requires an air pump
with a flexible hose and threaded tip.


This Model D Foote lamp is so identified
on an original paper label glued to the bottom of the fount.
The lamp, in Warren Wright's collection,
has an "L" shaped valve mounted in the fount
to shut off and control the flow of kerosene or white gas to the burner.
Unlike the lamp above, the filler cap on this lamp does have an air screw.


This small torch lighting, twin mantle table lamp was made by
the Gloria Light Co., Chicago, IL,
and sold by the Best Light Co., Canton, OH.
It was probably made between 1910-1925.
The steel base of the fount of this lamp has rusted through.
This lamp is in Neil McRae's collection


The Gloria Light Co. also made this lamp.
This unidentified model in Craig Seabrook's collection is not marked;
Neil McRae has designated it Model "B" based on the burner,
until such time as more catalogs appear to give it a more definitive identification.
Neil suspects that the turban fount on this lamp
and the Knight Light lamp below were made by Coleman.


This torch-lit lamp was probably made by the Gloria Light Co.
It was sold by Incandescent Light & Supply as their Model 80
and by Knight Light Co as Model KK.
There are no markings on the lamp.
Neil McRae was successful in running this kerosene lamp (right).


This  lamp, in Matt Reid's collection,
was almost certainly made by the Gloria Light Company for the
Incandescent Light & Supply Co, per Neil McRae.
The lamp came from an estate that had two lamps from the same source,
the other being from Incandescent Light & Supply Co.


An unknown model of torch lighting, gasoline lamp
made by Home Mfg. Co. of DesMoines, Iowa.
This two mantled 300 cp lamp
is easily recognized by the turned-down valve wheel.
This lamp is in Neil McRae's collection.


Imperial Brass Co. of Chicago made this table lamp
around 1915-1920.
Designed as a kerosene burner,
Neil McRae has it running here on white gas (left).
The lamp has a generator heater (right)
to assure that fuel reaching the mantle
is vaporized well enough to burn properly.


Kero Gas Lamp #3514 (label on fount base) was made by
The Incandescent Light & Stove Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.
This lamp was probably a torch-lit lamp
before it was converted to "quick lite" with a Coleman burner.
The shade is number 318 by Coleman.


Justrite Mfg. Co. of Chicago also made table lamps.
These two models have the characteristic
Justrite burners and generators.
Neil McRae has restored the lamp on the left and center to operating condition
by replacing the gas tip in the Justrite generator.
His model takes an external pump.
The lamp on the right is in Jerry Engbring's collection;
it has a built-in pump and air intake chamber.


Made by A.G. Kaufman, New York, NY, these 335 cp kerosene "Senior" table lamps
varied primarily in handle and fount ornamentation,
based on information collected by Neil McRae.
Model 401 - Ionic (left) is in Craig Seabrook's collection,
Model 402 - Colonial (center) is in Kenny Connolly's collection,
and Model 403 - Empire (right) is in Neil McRae's collection.


The 335cp kerosene "Junior" model lamps are Kaufman's 604 (left)
& 605B (right) Greek or Roman Torch.
They are 4" shorter than the lamps above with a smaller, 1 pint fount (Neil McRae).
Kenny Connolly repainted the steel fount on his lamp on the left
which has an ornate slip-on cast iron base ring.
The original Verde green finish is on the fount and handle of the lamp on the right,
which is in Craig Seabrook's collection.


The A. G. Kaufman Manufacturing Co.
also made this bracket lamp.
The model number is unknown
but the burner was used on at least a couple of table lamp models,
according to Neil McRae, whose collection this is in.
This lamp is missing the generator; the air intake is a square, horizonal tube.


The Knight Light Co., Chicago,
made this Sunray lamp which they rated at 300 cp.
The burner and generator (right image) appear to have been made
by the Gloria Light Co., another Chicago company.
This lamp, with the original shade, is in Dwayne Hanson's collection.
An advertisement dated 1922 features this lamp.


This lamp is badged Knight Light Co. but is also stamped with a patent date
that was awarded to Robert Doran, President of the Gloria Light Co., Chicago.
Neil McRae, whose collection this is in, has designated it as Model "B"
as the Gloria lamp above only the generator on this one is a later design.
Neil dates these lamps to 1914-20.
Neil fitted the lamp with a Humphrey's globe.
The lower greyscale image shows that the burner has a upward diversion
with a "mantle cap" to continuously heat the generator.


Leacock Coleman made the Model 100 (left) and 107 (right) table lamps,
which are based on the 1920's Coleman Quick Lite model.
Model 100 has a steel fount, handle, and shade holder
that Dan Leeds had to repaint as the original gold paint,
while the 107 features a stainless steel fount and handle.
The lamps have reproduction Coleman 329 shades.
A primary market for this lamp is the Amish.


A.J. Lindemann & Hoverson Co., Milwaukee, WI,
made these Lind-O-Lite Model table lamps, Model 330? (left), and 330A (centers & right).
The center image of the lamp burner is of a lamp in Neil McRae's collection
There is a carburetor valve in the fount of the 330A, an AGM creation
that was also used by Prentiss Wabers and occasionally Coleman.
Model 330A lamp, with two Lind-O-Lite shades, is in Jon Schedler's collection.


This Lind-O-Lite lamp is unusual becasue it is a one mantle model.
It appears to be earlier than the above model but is instant-lighting, I believe.
The fount is steel with a black crackle finish; the generator is a Coleman Q77.
This lamp, in Jerry Engbring's collection, is missing the shade holder.


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Links
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