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A.J. Lindemann & Hoverson
Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
probably made this Model
2 A stove in the 1920's
based on similarities to
more well-known Coleman products.
The stove is also identified
as the Kerogas brand
but is labeled for gasoline
only.
This stove was in Steve
Winikates collection.
This stove was made by
the Monitor Heating & Oil Appliances Ltd,
Birmingham, UK.
The stove fits in the carry
case which doubles as a cooking grate
for the stove when inserted
in the case.
This stove is in Jeff Johnson's
collection.
Note the tip cleaners held
in the front door.

The Russian company, Moscow Engineering Society V.V. Czernyshev,
made this Primus Turistskij stove that is similar in design to a Primus 8R
but with different threads and in some other details,
according to Christian Hinz.
The stove, in Jon Shearer's collection,
is running on white gas in the above image.


National Stamping &
Electric Works, Chicago, Illinois,
made the Handy Camp Stove
(left) around 1916-1920,
& No. 2 Handy
Camp Stove (center & right) in the 1920's and early 30's.
Both stoves require a separate
pump.
I was able to control the
flame on the No 2 stove
with the tip cleaner (left
image - below the drum).
The Handy Camp Stove (left)
is in Bo Ryman's collection.
This Cook Quick Model 112
stove was made or badged by Okeefe & Merritt,
a Los Angeles, California,
company.
This stove requires a separate
pump.
It is in Ron Lenfield's
collection.

Poloron Products, Inc.,
New Rochelle, New York,
made this two burner stove,
Model GS-1.
This stove, in Steve Winikates's
collection,
came with the instruction
sheet that is dated Dec. 1961.
The windscreens latch through
a loop in the back right corners of the cooking grate.

Poloron Products also made the GS-1 camp stove
in a different color combination for Sears.
Sears sold it as Model 776.74180
under their J.C. Higgins brand.
This stove is in Harold Ridarick's collection.
Prentiss Wabers Stove Co. made this Model 2 Auto KampKook Kit
when the town they were
located in was known as Grand Rapids, Wisconsin,
which dates the stove to Oct. 21, 1919 & Aug. 4, 1920 (Joe Pagan).
The legs are removable
on this early model
but the tank remains outside
the box for packing.
Harold Porter has restored
this stove which is in his collection.

Prentiss Wabers Model 3 Auto KampKook Kit
came in a carrying case (upper image) that had places
for eating utensils in the lid.
Joe Pagan, whose collection this is in,
dates it to 1922-24.
Note the removable key to operate the valves.
This Prentiss Wabers Model 4 Auto
Kamp Kook Kit is the one burner equivalent
of the two burner model above and was made from 1922-24.
This stove, in Joe Pagan's
collection,
has a removable key to
control the burner.
The steel parts of the
burner make preheating difficult.
Preway used the Model 4 designation later for a two burner model (see below).


In 1925 Preway introduced the two burner Model 4.
Joe Pagan believes the above stove, in Rodney Redondo's collection,
is this first version of the Model 4,
as it has the tank mounted on the left and the "skate key" to control the second burner.
Rodney restored the stove including repainting.
The preheater cup is missing but the stove can be run.
A later version of Preway's Model 4 Auto-Cook-Kit
still required preheating but the preheater cup was changed from the first version above.
Glenn Knapke restored this
stove including repainting the case.
By lifting Rod A (lower
image) and opening the valve,
fuel is diverted to the
preheater cup.
Rod B passes through the
slot in the case to control the left burner.
Prentiss Wabers Products
Co., Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin,
manufactured many stoves
in the first half of the 20th century.
This Model 8B two burner
stove was probably made in the late 1920's - early '30's.
The burner assembly stores
in the case by lifting it from the running position (upper image).
The stove is instant lighting;
it has a sliding bar with a hole
to allow the fuel air mix
to reach the left burner (lower image).
Prentiss Wabers also made
this Handy Chef Auto-Camp Stove for Sears, Roebuck and Co.
This restored stove, in
Glenn Knapke's collection, differs from the one above by not being instant
lighting,
so it has a preheater cup
below the left burner.
The stove is unusual in
having the second burner closer to the tank,
rather than farther from
the tank,
and with the generator
passing over both burners.
This Prentiss Wabers 3-burner
Model 22PW is instant lighting
and probably dates to pre-1934
as noted for Model 168 below.
Joe Pagan restored this
stove
which features a metal
strip across the top front panel of the stove
that can be raised to the
left to insert/remove the tank and burner assembly.
Preway Model 168 is a 3
burner floor stove
that probably dates to
pre-1934
based on the few catalogs
we have of this company.
Randall Adams restored
this stove
which included fabricating
the splash guard
and tailoring the design
of that part for their kitchen decor.


Preway Model 209 appears in Catalog 16 dated 1934
and appears to be little modified from Model 22PW above (Pagan).
This instant lighting stove was larger (10 1/2" x 20 1/4")
and had a larger, 3 pint fuel tank than Model 208.
Note the wire handle on the filler cap in the top center of the tank.
The shipping weight of this stove,
in John Stendahl's collection, was 20 1/2 lbs!
Prentiss Wabers Preway
brand stoves were often called Auto Cook Kits.
Model 418P, seen here running,
is in Brien Page's collection.
This model dates to the
mid 1930's.

Preway DeLuxe Hot Plate No. 438P
measures 31 3/4" long x 10 1/2" high,
and the shipping weight is listed as 66 lbs in their 1936 catalog.
Bob Meyer repainted the stove with Kennedy Tool Box wrinkle brown;
it was originally a brown walnut finish.
All 3 burners are running in this image.


Preway Model P4521 is contemporary with Model P4523 below.
This compact stove, in John Stendahl's collection,
has a number of features that serve to make it sturdy,
including the windscreen tabs and a carry handle that levels the stove.
The burner on the right is controlled by raising and lowering the rod
to open and shut the plug for the fuel-air flow (lower image).

This Preway Model P4523 is a 3 burner stove,
that Joe Pagan dates to 1945 - early 47.
Glenn Knapke restored this stove, that is in his collection,
including cleaning and repainting the case and burners;
the paint on the tank is original.


Preway stove Models P4821
(left) and P4822 (right) date to the late 1940's,
according to Joe Pagan, as evidenced by the 48 in the model number.
These stoves are in Brien Page's collection.
Model P4821 has an unusual
wedge-shaped design;
the tank raises the front
of the stove and the steel plate in front levels the grate.
Both burners were running
when he took the image of the P4822.
These stoves have a rod
with a terminal loop to regulate the right burner.

This 3 burner Preway stove Model P4823
appears to be the same design as Model P4822 above
and a successor to Model 4523 above.
This stove, in Dave McFarlan's collection,
likely dates to the late 1940's.
This military pocket stove
was made for the military
by Prentiss-Wabers or Preway.
Stamped in this stove is
M-1942-MOD
and PW-1-45.
This stove is in Fred Kuntz's
collection.