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Montgomery Wards mantle lamps made by B&H
(1940 - 1941)
Pictures coming when I set up a new photography
table and take pictures of my lamp.
German made Wards mantle lamps (1935 to 1939)
Wards sold Coleman Kero-Lite lamps sold during WWII
This lamp was manufactured exclusively for Montgomery Wards by
B&H using mostly existing Rayo tooling. It was rushed
into production in early 1940 when Wards could no longer
get fresh shippments of the German made mantle lamps they had been
selling. The lamp went out of production during the
first half of 1942, when
brass became a restricted use military commodity.
Montgomery
wards rated this lamp at 100 candle power in 1940 and at 85 candle
power in the 1941 catalogue. As
a comparison they rated the Kero-Lite at 45 candle power. This
lamp uses the same mantle as the last E&G manufactured lamp sold
by Montogmery Ward in 1939. It likely used the same mantle
as was used on 1939 Famos lamps.
Copied from the Fall Winter 1940 - 1941 Montgomery
Wards winter catalogue
The pottery vase lamp was only offered this one year.
Listing
from the Montgomery Wards Fall Winter 1941 - 1942 catalogue (pdf)
Includes first listing of the Kero-Lite lamp
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