Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
99.21.032 A—L
Accession#:
99.21
Credit Line:
Donated by Mary Ann Parke.
Object Name:
Stove, Camp
Title:
Brass Coleman Camp Stove
Date:
1940
Description:
A — Brass stove reservoir
B — Brass stove top cap with black and silver gasket
C — Burner with embossed "COLEMAN" — brass
D — Flame spreader "OPTIMUS" — copper
E — Burner with embossed "OPTIMUS" — brass
F — Flame spreader "OPTIMUS" — new brass"
G—I — 3 removable bent iron rods that form into stove top
Brass Coleman gas camp stove; removable brass burner threads into top at stove reservoir; 3 removable iron rods form top of stove; air pump on shoulder of respring, pump works and screws thigh, gasket no longer holds pressure; pressure release value on opposite shoulder of reservoir; brass flame spreader ring sits loosely on top of each burner, non—magnetic solder holds rod bases to reservoir; all brass tarnished; iron legs corroded and scaled; soot on burners; flame spreader "D" copper and dented, flame spreader "F" unused with slight corrosion.
Inscription: A —"COLEMAN / MADE IN CANADA" engraved in top of reservoir
B —"OPTIMUS" printed on gasket inside center fill cap
"CLOSE" with arrow on pump handle
"OIL" on pump base
C — "COLEMAN / U.S.A." embossed on burner top
D — "OPTIMUS engraved inside flame spreader.
E — Foreign looking script and 8 figure script "QDTMYCL"(?) embossed on burner top.
B — Brass stove top cap with black and silver gasket
C — Burner with embossed "COLEMAN" — brass
D — Flame spreader "OPTIMUS" — copper
E — Burner with embossed "OPTIMUS" — brass
F — Flame spreader "OPTIMUS" — new brass"
G—I — 3 removable bent iron rods that form into stove top
Brass Coleman gas camp stove; removable brass burner threads into top at stove reservoir; 3 removable iron rods form top of stove; air pump on shoulder of respring, pump works and screws thigh, gasket no longer holds pressure; pressure release value on opposite shoulder of reservoir; brass flame spreader ring sits loosely on top of each burner, non—magnetic solder holds rod bases to reservoir; all brass tarnished; iron legs corroded and scaled; soot on burners; flame spreader "D" copper and dented, flame spreader "F" unused with slight corrosion.
Inscription: A —"COLEMAN / MADE IN CANADA" engraved in top of reservoir
B —"OPTIMUS" printed on gasket inside center fill cap
"CLOSE" with arrow on pump handle
"OIL" on pump base
C — "COLEMAN / U.S.A." embossed on burner top
D — "OPTIMUS engraved inside flame spreader.
E — Foreign looking script and 8 figure script "QDTMYCL"(?) embossed on burner top.
Notes:
Used by Thomas S. Parke during 1930s & '40s; used for camping & emergency backup.
Search Terms:
Recreation
Camping
Food
Fuel
Camping
Food
Fuel
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