Carbide Cap Lamps/Dazelite catalog page

Carbide Cap Lamps

Dazelite catalog page.jpg - UNDATED AD SHOWING A LOOP AND HOOK LAMP NAMED THE BRITE-LITE - This and the following ad, compliments of Tony Moon, make the identification of the anthracite/loop and hook carbide lamps even murkier. The first ad with a Keen Kutter trademark symbol at the top right could likely be from a Simmons Hardware Company of St. Louis catalog ad. Simmons adopted that trademark in 1870 and it was used on their highest quality tools and cutlery for the next 70 years. The naming of the lamp Brite-Lite certainly adds confusion to another lamp manufactured by Charles Hoppe of Cincinnati also named Brite-Lite in the 1914-1916 timeframe. The loop and hook lamps were likely manufactured in the 1910-1912 timeframe obviously predating the Hoppe Brite-Lite lamp. And to add even more confusion, the second ad identifies the loop and hook lamp as a Dazelite Acetylene Lamp No. 20. The advertiser is unknown but it’s very interesting that they could also supply Scranton and Acme lamps as well. The Scranton lamps were available prior to 1911 when the name was shortened to Scranto. So the collector community can refer to these lamps as Brite-Lites, Dazelites, loop and hook, anthracites or even another name that has yet to surface.

Dazelite catalog page | UNDATED AD SHOWING A LOOP AND HOOK LAMP NAMED THE BRITE-LITE - This and the following ad, compliments of Tony Moon, make the identification of the anthracite/loop and hook carbide lamps even murkier. The first ad with a Keen Kutter trademark symbol at the top right could likely be from a Simmons Hardware Company of St. Louis catalog ad. Simmons adopted that trademark in 1870 and it was used on their highest quality tools and cutlery for the next 70 years. The naming of the lamp Brite-Lite certainly adds confusion to another lamp manufactured by Charles Hoppe of Cincinnati also named Brite-Lite in the 1914-1916 timeframe. The loop and hook lamps were likely manufactured in the 1910-1912 timeframe obviously predating the Hoppe Brite-Lite lamp. And to add even more confusion, the second ad identifies the loop and hook lamp as a Dazelite Acetylene Lamp No. 20. The advertiser is unknown but it’s very interesting that they could also supply Scranton and Acme lamps as well. The Scranton lamps were available prior to 1911 when the name was shortened to Scranto. So the collector community can refer to these lamps as Brite-Lites, Dazelites, loop and hook, anthracites or even another name that has yet to surface.

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