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These Model R-132 lanterns were made by Radiant Products, Inc., Akron, OH.

 The Akron Lamp Co. used the brand name Radiant from the 1930's

and changed from Diamond to Radiant after WWII and went out of business in 1948.

Both lanterns are original and share the same model number.

The lantern on the left is in David Jahn's collection;

the lantern on the right is in John Bell's collection.


The bottoms of these lanterns are stamped:

San Diego Lamp and Mfg. Co., San Diego, California, Patented 1924.

A horizontal cut in the brass stem just above the valve on the left (center image)

allows air to mix with the gas for preheating.

The lantern on the left is in Fil Graff's collection.

The mica globe (not shown - right image) pushes up under the ventilator for lighting.


The Sunflame Appliances Ltd., Ridgefield, New Jersey,

made this Model 107 lantern perhaps in the 1950's.

It burns either kerosene or gasoline;

a narrow preheater is fitted around the base of the generator.

This lantern has characteristics of both Akron Lamp

and American Gas Machine Companies products

reflecting the merger of those companies in that time period.


Sunflame Appliances Ltd. also made this Model 109 which is similar to the 107 above.

This model has a nickel plated fount and the burner is a more substantial casting.

Joe Pagan, whose collection this is in, found this lantern in Bolivia.

Someone made a replacement globe from glass strips

and aluminum can strips for the globe frame.

The pump appears to be a replacement from another appliance.


Sunflame Model 112 is a 500cp kerosene fueled lantern

that is very similar to the earlier AGM 3470.

This lantern has a chrome plated brass fount and original bulge globe

as shown in the instruction and parts sheet that came with it.

The paperwork is dated March, 1955.

This lantern also came with the  original wrench and alcohol bottle.


This Nulite lantern made by National Stamping & Electric Works of Chicago

is stamped Sunshine Safety Lamp Co. Kansas City, Missouri.

As Nulite it is Model 2 and a torch lighting model with a tip cleaner.

I don't know the name or model that Sunshine Safety gave this lantern.

The lantern has a nickel plated brass that has stress cracks

and it cannot be run.


Based on the burner design this lantern

was manufactured by the Gloria Light Co. of Chicago, Illinois,

for the Sunshine Safety Lamp Co., Kansas City,

whose label is soldered to the bottom of the fount.

The bail is a reproduction based on another Gloria Light Co. lantern

and the mica globe was borrowed from this other lantern.


Another model for Sunshine Safety, this lantern was made by

the Coleman Lamp & Stove Co.

and has many of the same parts as Quick-Lite Model L327.

The collar, generator, and cap nut are different from that model.

The center globe cage base disk is stamped

Sunshine Safety Lamp Co., Kansas City, MO.


This Thomas Kerosafe lantern, Model M1004,  was made

by the Thomas Mfg. Co., Dayton, OH.

It is a kerosene model as the name implies.

This working lantern is missing the mica globe

which has two reinforced holes to allow passage of the horizontal air intake tubes.

It is in Neil McRae's collection.


I believe that this unmarked two mantle lantern was made by

the Tures Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin,

based on a small image of a Tures lantern in a magazine from the 1910's

The vertical rod (right) raises the tip cleaner in the generator

another version of this lantern lacks this complicated generator.

The lantern is also unusual in having a wire guard for the mica globe.


This is a Model 711 lantern

made by the Turner Brass Works, Inc., Sycamore, IL.

This lantern has the Turner decal on the fount.

Note the hole in the mica globe to light the mantle.

This 150 cp model was made in the '30's until perhaps the mid 40's.

Neil McRae restored this lantern including repainting.



Model X-159 (top left), Model 1501 (top right),

Model 1511 (bottom left), and Model 1512 (bottom right),

were also manufactured by Turner Brass.

They can be recognized as Turner by their distinctive two valve system.

These lanterns are in Craig Seabrook's collection

except for the Champion badged 1501 (upper right) which is in Thom Kivler's collection.


Turner Brass Works made this 911 Model lantern

as an economical alternative to the 1511 Model above.

In a product sheet dated March, 1936

they noted that it had the same fount and "fool proof mechanism"

as the more expensive model.

The ventilator is steel with parts chrome plated, not enameled.


After looking at the preceding images, you can see that these lanterns

have elements of both Prentiss-Wabers and Turner models,

but were probably made by Turner based on the burner and fuel line parts.

They are branded Brooklure on the fount decal and Model 5035 on the globe rest label;

Brooklure was a brand name of Spiegels, a department store chain.

The hang tags on the lantern on the right, in Joe Pagan's collection,

are dated December 14, 1939; the globes have holes for lighting.



Coleman may have made this lantern for their Yale Lamp Co. subsidiary around 1920.
The fount is steel and it has a straight air tube, not curved, as on the documented YLQ.

Except for the diamond shaped to bolt marked Yale (upper image)

there are no marks on the lantern, which is in John Eggert's collection.

Please contact me if you find a lantern like this one.

This description benefited from Neil McRae's expertise.

 

American Gas Machine lanterns - early models updated July 24, '09
Main updated Nov. 5, '09
AGM lanterns - models beginning with the mid-1930's updated Dec. 11, '08
American Gas Machine lamps updated Nov. 24, '08
AGM, King Seeley, & Thermos lanterns - later models updated Sept. 26, '09
Coleman lamps before mid-1920's updated Feb. 28, '09
Coleman lanterns pre-1931 updated Oct. 21, '09
Coleman lamps after mid 1920's updated Sept. 26, '09
Coleman lanterns 1931 - 1945 updated Oct. 23, '09
Coleman hollow wire lighting updated Nov. 12, '08
Coleman lanterns 1946 - 1960 updated Sep. 1, '09
Coleman stoves pre-1945 updated Dec. 11, '08
 Coleman lanterns 1961 - 1980 updated Oct. 31, '09
Coleman stoves post-1945 updated Oct. 5, '09
 Coleman lanterns 1981 - present updated Oct. 21, '09
Custom lighting updated Nov. 5, '09
Heater etc. manufacturers A - K updated Mar. 4, '09
Hollow wire lighting updated Sept. 22, '09
Heater etc. manufacturers L - Z updated Nov. 29, '07
International lamp manufacturers A - F updated Nov. 5, '09
International lantern manufacturers A - E updated Nov. 5, '09
International lamp manufacturers G - Z updated May 19, '08
 International lantern manufacturers F - M updated Oct. 27, '09
Irons updated Dec. 16, '08
 International lantern manufacturers N - S updated Oct. 25, '09
Links updated Oct. 22, '09
 International lantern manufacturers T - Z updated Oct. 2, '09
Pumps updated Nov. 18, '08
Propane lantern & stove manufacturers A - B updated Feb. 22, '08
 Stove manufacturers A - D updated Nov. 4, '09
Propane lantern & stove manufacturers C updated Sept. 15, '09
Stove manufacturers E - O updated Sept. 7, '09
Propane lantern & stove manufacturers D - M updated Sept. 15, '09
Stove manufacturers P - Z updated Sept. 12, '09
Propane lantern & stove manufacturers N - Z updated Sept. 15, '09
Swedish lamps updated Nov. 5, '09
Tilley lanterns updated July 14, '08
Tilley household lamps pre-1945 updated May 12, '09
US lantern manufacturers A - G updated Sept. 28, '09
Tilley household lamps post-1945 updated June 6, '08
US lantern manufacturers H - M updated Sept. 28, '09
Tilley industrial lamps & lanterns updated Apr. 25, '09
US lantern manufacturers N - P updated Sept. 19, '09
US lamp manufacturers A - B updated Aug. 14, '09
US lantern manufacturers Q - Z updated June 2, '09
US lamp manufacturers C - M updated Feb. 25, '09
Wrench & other lamp tool manufacturers A - M updated Dec. 16, '08
US lamp manufacturers N - R updated Sept. 19, '09
Wrench & other lamp tool manufacturers N - Z updated Dec. 16, '08
US lamp manufacturers S - Z updated Apr. 7, '09

 

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