Coleman US stoves until early 1930's
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This early version of the Model 1 Coleman camp stove
has an offset pump and air inlet valve screw in the left end of the tank (lower image).
This stove, in Mike Murphy's collection, also has top and front oven panels
that separate from the rest of the stove
and store in the lid when it is disassembled.

This is another early Model 1 Coleman camp stove as the one above,
seen here completely restored
by Joe Pagan. It
could be purchased
with a folding oven, baking grate for the upper half of the oven (lower image),
and a heat diffuser - a flat metal sheet that covered the burners when the oven was being used.
The lower half of the oven was accessed by tipping the entire oven back on its hinged lid.
Model No. 1 was made in
1923-24, most of which came with the oven,
according to Matt Moore.
Coleman's Model 2 stove
also included a folding oven,
seen here in a tipped-back
position.
This model dates to the
1920's;
This stove and oven is
in Randall Adams' collection.
This early Coleman Handy
Gas Plant
in Dick Sellers' collection
can be dated to 1925 or earlier
based on the name Coleman
Lamp Co. painted on the fount.
This unrestored stove has
the grate brackets bent downwards.
Coleman's No. 4 urn burner
is shown above mounted on a fount with fittings from another manufacturer,
possibly W-M-P MFG. CO.
Lohrville, Iowa, which is printed on the pressure gauge.
The fount measures 11"
high x 10" in diameter.
The urn burner has a replacement
valve stem and is missing parts of the tip cleaner below the stem.
This stove is in Bob Fladung's
collection.
This Coleman Model 140 three burner Bungalow
Cooker
is an early stove model
made from 1923 through August, 1927.
Joe Pagan restored this
stove in his collection.
Not all the grates came
with the stove.
The 5" center burner is
identical to that of a Handy Gas Plant,
as is the generator &
fuel control.
Air-O-Gas Model 326 is
a pre-1928 model.
Note the two different
grates on this model -
on "open type" on the left
and "no burn type" on the right.
Joe Pagan restored this
stove to working condition.
Joe notes that the left
grate is nearly identical
to the center grate on
the Bungalow Cooker above.
This is a Model 2D stove
manufactured by Coleman in 1928-29;
all original including
the box.
The Coleman name is stenciled
on the tank in gold.
The tank rests in two positions,
one to heat the generator
and the second to operate
(seen here).
This stove is in Fred Kuntz's
collection.
Coleman made Model 9C in
1927-28.
Ron Lenfield was given
this stove as a young boy.
He has repainted the main
compartment and still uses it.
This stove featured a change
in the burner openings
as seen in the lower image.

Joe Pagan restored this
Model 9D stove, successor to Model 9C above.
The stove runs very well
with a blue flame from each burner (not shown).
Joe gave the stove back
to his boyhood friend, Tim French;
the stove had belonged
to Tim's father.
Paperwork with Coleman's
Model 10 stove, also called the Gypsy, dates it to Sept. 1927.
The lower image shows the tank and burner assembly.
The push-pull regulator
rod on the left
controls the flow of fuel
to the second (left) burner,
while the generating shift
lever (another push-pull rod) near the middle
allows for putting fuel
in the preheating cup just to the left of the right burner.
This stove is in Ron Lenfield's
collection.
This urn burner is made
with a Coleman burner and other parts
so the appliance may have
been made by Coleman as well.
However, Dick Sellers,
whose collection this is in,
has not seen any paper
documentation for this model
but notes that in the 1920's
Coleman shipped thousands of urn burners..
The CQ fount is so identified
but is undated.
Model 454 is an instant
lighting Utility Burner
that is similar to the
456
Soldering Furnace
and dates to the late 1920's
- early 1930's.
The fount is the same as
on a CQ lamp.
The stove is finished in
brown Colac paint; the collar has the original brown paint.
I painted the upper parts
of the stove with high temperature black paint.

The Coleman Model 373 stove
is unusual
in that the tank is
below the burners.
The tank on this model
is pressurized with an external pump;
the pump nipple can be
seen on the right side.
This two burner stove dates
to around 1930
and is in Jon Schedler's
collection.

Coleman in Wichita continued to make Model 9 in the early 1930's.
This 9E, in Jim MacDougall's collection, is instant lighting.
The fuel valve wheel is tilted upwards in the end of the tank
because the fuel air assembly is straight so it reaches the bottom of the tank.

One of the earliest cabin stoves was this Model 376
made from January, 1933 and later.
This stove, in John Bell's collection,
cites an instant lighting patent, 1,718,473,
on the tag on the bottom middle front of the stove.
This model requires a separate pump.

Coleman in Wichita made the Model 6B stove in the early 1930's.
This stove has a printer's mark of F1033 (Oct. '33) on one of the labels.
The stove, in Les Davis' collection, has an Everdur tank
which is described as follows on the label in the top of the case:
"Electrically Welded - Not Soldered. 'Everdur' Is
a new patented metal with the strength of steel and
non rusting properties of copper, providing long life,
safety and durability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."

Coleman made their Model 3F stove in the early to mid 1930's.
This unlabeled two burner stove, in John Stendahl's collection,
was identified by James MacDougall
who noted that the longer case (22") with 3 hinges fits the Model 3F stove.
The valve wheel for the left burner can be retracted inside the case when not in use.
The stove has an Everdur tank.