It's been overcast and raining hard for a few days now. Last night the thunder and lightning put on quite a show. One of the dogs who is afraid of lightning slept at the side of my bed for comfort.
This morning it's still overcast but at least the rain has eased up.
In an effort to eliminate some of the "gloom" the weather has been causing I thought I should bring out some of my Coleman Lamps.
W.C. Coleman was a typerwriter salesman with poor eyesight but business vision. In the early 1900's he started producing lamps which would develop into the type of "pressure lamp"
that you see below in the 1930's. This type of lamp became the standard
lamp outdoorsmen would
use for decades and is
still produced and popular today. They are bright, portable and dependable.
Today clubs of collectors get together to light their lamps and share information on old lantern restoration.
Coleman Lantern collectors are a special breed .....
(this link is to a youtube video of an especially odd one)
-Martin
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