We should clear this up since it's languishing on the net. This lantern dates to the late 1930s. It was updated as the AGM/Sunflame 2471 right...
Oh, and just to be clear, this is the correct globe for this lantern. It was not made by Coleman. This is the rebranded Kamplite LRL-21 that was...
These were late in the run. Likely 1960-1961. Tooling did eventually show up again in Unimet lanterns. AGM products lived on.
Don't be too sure. I have several of these and they were all tilted that way until I straightened the valves.
Bankrupt maybe, but not necessarily out of business. They managed until the war and came through that in pretty good shape. Bankruptcy allows...
OK, Sun Flame, Albert Lea, Minn. marked tends to be pre-war. 1939-1942. Looks more and more like this New Jersey offshoot is post war, but short...
Scarce new style round pump knob. Soon changed to hex. 1955.
Auto rubbing compound will often restore the faded paint from brown to maroon. This one dates from 1949-1950. If it's marked Queen Stove Works...
1955-1959 for this one.
OH! I should probably add... the topic title should probably be altered. The maroon paint was discontinued by November of 1953! Yup. This...
Weell, with this combined information, it seems the earlier SunFlame stuff follows what I have written, and is clearly marked American Gas Machine...
Hmmm. I'm wondering if this was the export division or perhaps a Mexican plant building these under license. Queen Stove may have farmed...
See the timeline a couple posts above. AGM/SunFlame was WAY before the King-Seeley days. It dates to before WWII. :) It seems a lot of AGM and...
Hi Neil and all. The AGM info is rock solid and fairly easy to track with some diligent surfing combined with printed material, hang tags, etc....
OK, time to clarify. SunFlame was a brand name used by AGM just prior to WWII. After the war, they licensed that name and the New Jersey...
It can be tough to tell the AGM SunFlame from the later licensed SunFlame. If this is an AGM SunFlame, it's from the early 1940s. AGM was...
The slider closed definitely makes a difference. Protect those globes if they're originals!
Neil, close. I'm new to the forum, but have spent the last year researching AGM post WWII. This lantern dates to 1949-1950. It looks fantastic,...
I'm jealous of the unfired-yummyness of this one. They are great runners, and no more dangerous than any other gasoline lantern.
Hi. This lantern was introduced in 1954. Confirmed via advertising and a new-product review. AGM to 1950. AGM Div. of Queen Stove Works:...
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