The Workhorse brand 500 cp lantern
is manufactured by the CJN Adams Corp. in Iowa,
using foreign and domestic parts.
Besides having a positive fuel shutoff (left image-knob to the left)
It has a different design for the air/fuel mixing tube (right image).
This lantern is in Brien Page's collection.
For safety only use kerosene fuel in this lantern.

The Akron Lamp Co, Akron, Ohio, made this torch lighting lantern

circa 1915. This model doesn't appear in any catalogs or company literature

but has a burner that is the same as on their Model 84 table lamp.

The bail is attached to left side of the frame

and the right side of the fount.

This lantern is in the collection at Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky.

The Akron Lamp Co. made the 103 model lantern in four different styles.
The first style (left), in Craig Seabrook's collection,
lacked the later diamond shaped holes in the globe rest and ventilator.
A later style (right) has the diamond shaped holes.
These lanterns burn gasoline or kerosene depending on the generator orifice,
require a separate pump, have an "S-shaped" generator, and are match lighting.

Akron made two versions of their Model 107:
with a built-on pump (left), in Joe Pagan's collection,
and a pump built into the fount (not visible; right), in Bo Ryman's collection.
The diamond cut-outs in the globe base are a symbol of Akron's Diamond brand.
As Model 103 above these were match-lighting with the "S-shaped" generator;
and were available as gasoline or kerosene fueled lanterns.

Akron Model 133 is the same as Model 107 above except for the Instant-Glo fuel valve and generator,
comparable to instant lighting in Coleman lanterns.
This model probably was first made in the early 1930's; Joe Pagan restored this lantern in his collection.
The tip cleaner handle has a "hook and eye" in the middle
so it hangs down when not in use (left side of the collar).

The Akron Lamp & Mfg. Co. made this Model 132-S-42
which was converted to burn leaded gasoline
with an Aladdin Conversion kit dated 1944.
The burner assembly kit was made by the Delta Electric Co, Marion, Indiana.
This lantern, in Craig Seabrook's collection,
has a Combat Servicable decal stating that it has repaired/refitted by QM
(QuarterMaster) depot and returned to service

Akron Lamp & Mfg. Co. was one of the contractors
that produced the military specification lantern during WWII.
This one is also stamped U.S. and 1944 on the fount base.
The Aladdin conversion burner is also date stamped 1944 by Servel, Inc.
The upper fount is shaped for a parts well (right image) but was not stamped out.

This Akron Model 134G lantern, built for Montgomery Ward,
rivals several of the models made by AGM and their successor, Thermos.
This lantern is in Craig Seabrook's collection.

 This Akron Model 301-G runs well
with an Instant Glo generator that includes a tip cleaner.
This 200 cp model includes the original glass globe.
The diamond shaped fuel control valve is also found on Instant Glo models.
The collar label identifies the lantern as Patented, Made in U.S.A., Diamond,
The Akron Lamp & Mfg. Co., Akron, O. U.S.A.

Akron made these lanterns, stamped 60-8846 in ink on the bottom, possibly for Montgomery Ward (Neil McRae).
This 200 cp model has a reproduction mica globe and takes a separate pump (left)
and the original mica globe with a built-in pump (right).
These lanterns are similar to Akron Model 302-G, which had a built-in pump,
but may have been made as shown here exclusively for Montgomery Ward.
The lanterns are in Dan MacPherson's collection (left) and John Anderson's collection (right).
The bail is missing from the lantern on the right; the frames are offset on the collars.

The label on this lantern identifies it as Model 400G by the Akron Lamp & Mfg. Co.
and company literature notes its introduction in 1941.
While the fuel filler cap is an Akron style,
the generator and valve knob are AGM designs,
and the bail slides into two bolts that fasten the ventilator - a unique design.
The globe is an early Coleman with green lettering.

Originally designed and built for the military by a consortium of 4 lantern manufacturers,
This lantern was later built by other companies
that successfully bid for the government contracts.
This particular lantern was built by Auto-Fab Manufacturing (AFM) in 1967
AFM was located in Mansfield, OH
and apparently only had a contract to build this lantern in '67.

The Best Light Co, Canton, OH, made this Model 304 lantern.
The spun steel fount had been painted by a previous owner;
the original finish was an unknown plating.
The tip cleaner rod is worked from below the globe cage.
This one burner, torch-lighting lantern
is in Fil Graff's collection.

The Brite Lite Co., Albert Lea, Minnesota,
includes this No 69 400cp lantern in their Catalog No 5
which can be dated to around 1916, according to Neil McRae.
This 20" tall lantern, sans globe, is in Bob Hitchcock's collection.

The Brite Lite Co. also made this Model 99
lantern that appears in Catalog No. 5 as the above Model 69.
This single mantle, torch lighting, gasoline lantern
was also advertised as producing 400 cp.
The bail attachment to the central part of the ventilator
and the wire guard around the globe are unusual.

The Economy Lamp Co., Kansas City, Missouri, made this Model 408 lantern, after 1925
according to Neil McRae who has compared the burner to other burners made by this company.
Unfortunately the lantern was figured in the Coleman Collectors Guide 1903-1954
and mistakenly identified as Coleman Model NL 323.
Some of the NL 323's were converted to match lighting which makes the lantern resemble Model 408.
This lantern is in Yoshihiro Sugimoto's collection.

The Economy Lamp Co. made this earlier version of Model 408
between 1920 and 1924 according to Neil McRae.
The burner on this one is a much larger inverted "U" shape
and the generator has a wire spiral designed to speed the match lighting process.
The door in the mica globe slides up to light.
This lantern is in Tameo Gomi's collection.

This Handy Lite lantern was manufactured by Enterprise Tool &  Metal Works, Chicago.
This lantern, in Fil Graff's collection, has a reproduction mice globe
and is operating at only 45 cp in this image.
The lantern has a small fount but is similar to two others
that we know of by this manufacturer.
This lantern appeared in a 1922 advertisement by this company.

The burner with the characteristic horizontal air intake tubes
is similar to those made by Thomas Mfg. Co.,
but a 1916 advertisement for  this lantern identifies it
as a product of the Foote Mfg. Co., another Dayton, Ohio, firm.
This model draws air in through the holes around the rim (center image)
and connects by inside ports to the air intake tubes (right image).
The cap bolt is a reproduction by Fred Kuntz.

The Gloria Light Co. of Chicago manufactured this Model 12 Oxo Gas lantern
which was probably made prior to 1915.
This 400cp model was designed to burn either kerosene or white gas (right image).
The bail on this lantern is a replacement wire for the original.

A second lantern model by the Gloria Light Co.,
this single burner has a push-pull tip cleaner.
Neil McRae, whose collection this is in, was able to get it running
even though the tip cleaner is broken.
The image on the left shows it running on gasoline
although it may be a kerosene model.

A third lantern model by the Gloria Light Co.,
this single burner lantern is 15" high
and the turban fount base is 7" in diameter!
This lantern was also sold as Knight Light Company's Model 311.
Larry Dunbar has restored this lantern
but it still needs a tip cleaner wire (right image) at the top of this torch lighting model.

Another Gloria Light Co. lantern,
this unknown model is a two mantle version of the above.
The tip cleaner lever is at the bottom of the generator,
rather than the top as on the preceding,
and is not engaged in the up position as seen here.
The mica globe was removed for this image.

Also made by the Gloria Light Company,
based on the burners this is Model "R"
in Neil McRae's system of designation of this company's prooducts.
This match lighting model also appears in a copper finish
and was badged and sold by the Knight Light Company
also of Chicago.

This Gloria double-mantled, unlabeled lantern

Neil McRae, the owner of the lantern,

has designated this one as Model "J"

as explained above.
A unique feature is the the pair of spring clips
that hold the ventilator to the top of the frame.