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Godspeed Neil. You will be missed.
@Reinhard , thanks for the images. Judging by the components: third generation frame baseplate with deeper dish and no half moon cutout for...
/////////////:::::::::::…………. @Reinhard Very nice acquisition. . The “LQ 327” was the new designation beginning August/September 1918 along...
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//////////::::::::………… This 228B from the image of the baseplate although is not complete shows the “Instant Lite” and “220B” (even on all 228B)...
Thanks @Tony Press ///////::::::::::……… In order to see if there is anything visually unique with your lantern components we need to see some...
/////////:::::::::::……….. That is a light strike on the “B” making it appear as a “P”. Even the “228 B” was stamped “220 B” in the 1930-34 era.
//////::::::::……….. According to Hiram Strong original shipping records the first “L316” Arc shipments from Coleman to “Sunshine and Yale” were...
This is the earliest advertisement I’ve found for the “AL” that began shipping the following month after this. [ATTACH]
Advertising shows us the first Coleman Arc lanterns L316 and AL both were equipped with the single row hole collar. The images also show the...
Model no. 220B Uses T44 generator.
////////////:::::::::::………… @My29cq329 , I apologize for my error about the statement Pyrex becoming standard equipment on L427 in late 1936, They...
Thank you to all !
@My29cq329 Mica was available at least into the 1940s or later. The first Pyrex globes were advertised as an option in later 1932 and were listed...
/////////:::::::::……….. There were two mica versions in this era both with the slide up and down window, both with the same dimensions of 5 1/4”...
////////::::::::………. 327 mica with slide up and down window was standard for L327/L427 lanterns in this era.
[ATTACH] ///////::::::::……… Just so happens I haven’t acquired one of the 23,453 + of the L327 shipped that particular year of production. They...
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