Center-Draft Kerosene Lamps, 1884-1940

Center-draft Kerosene Lamps 1884 - 1940 identifies over 165 brands of lamps and their manufacturers. The leaders such as Bradley & Hubbard Edward Miller and Plume & Atwood major manufacturers during the 1890s are familiar names to collectors. However Chicago Lamp Craighead & Kintz Hipwell Mfg. Meriden Bronze Meyrose Shaffer Lamp and St. Louis Electric Co. also were important manufacturers of center-draft lamps found by collectors today. The book gives brief histories of 50 American companies lists selected patents and pictures representative lamps. Some 150 companies are linked in the book beginning the exploration of the kerosene era of open-flame center-draft lamps. 2008 values.