Coleman lanterns

[toucanman]

fixing old Coleman lanterns is my other hobby .this is colemans first model of lantern ever made , its called the Arc Lantern . quite a prize in that hobby . just thought id share . steve

[butlersrangers]

That is beautiful!

[psteinmayer]

Now THAT is pretty nifty!!!

[toucanman]

i didnt give much information about the arc lantern , they were made by coleman from 1914 to 1925 and called the #316 arc lantern . most folks think of coleman lanterns as camping gear ? but when these things were first made they wernt for camping , in fact they made lamps before lanterns and these lamps were to be used in your house so some of them are pretty fancy looking .... there are lantern collectors and then there are LAMP LOONS i fall in to the later category , i have lots of lanterns but the lamps are just beautifull , many of them used glass lamp shades and i love to find the old original glass lamp shades for my lamps here .... the break easy so i think you can imagine not many have survived ..... here is a link to some of my lamp shades . http://www.colemancollectorsforum.com/post/Steves-Glass-Lamp-Shade-Collection-5852033

[butlersrangers]

That's a neat collection and interesting history! I never knew that Coleman's started out as Home Lighting.

I've always had a soft spot for Grease and Carbide Miner's Lamps.

[E Scott]

Beautiful lamp

[toucanman]

ill bet you didnt know you could iron your shirt too :-)

[toucanman]

heat inside your house too .

[butlersrangers]

Too bad Coleman didn't make a White Gas powered Krag ..... or did they?

[toucanman]

they did make some pellet guns :-) i dont think they actualy made em but had em badged coleman by crossman . thay had some pistols too .