US
lantern manufacturers A - G

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. in Akron,
Ohio, 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 verisons
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.


These Akron 301-G (left
& center) and 302-G (right) models run well
with Instant Glo generators
with tip cleaners (not visible).
These 200 cp models include
the original glass globe (left)
and a reproduction mica
globe (right) - one of the differences between these two models.
The diamond shaped fuel
control valve is also found on Instant Glo models.
The lantern on the right
is in Dan MacPherson's collection.

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 fount had been painted
by a previous owner;
the original finish was
nickel 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 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.
Another lantern made by
the Gloria Light Company
is this Model "R" based
on the burners
in Neil McRae's system
of designation.
This match lighting model
also appears in a copper finish
and was badged and sold
by the Knight Light Company
also of Chicago.