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Harker Brite-Lite Brass Bottom Marking
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Harker Brite Lite RSide
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  Harker Brite Lite Bottom.jpg - HARKER BRITE LITE - Harker Brite Lite lamp, with sidewater feed control, original blackpaint, variation of cap hook without brace bar, smooth base, oval water door, marked on top PAT. APR. 24-14 with BRITE-LITE superimposed over HARKER MFG. CO. CINCINNATI, OHIO and A DIFFERENT LAMP TRADE MARK REG. below; ex-Bill Collins collection [The history of this lamp all starts with Arphad Snell who patented a lamp in 1911 and arranged with a fellow named Charles Hoppe to manufacture the lamp (Snell lamp) in his metal shop. Mr. Hoppe eventually moved to Cincinnati and made the Snell lamp for a couple years till Mr. Hoppe started manufacturing an improved lamp in 1914 called the Ever-Ready. Between 1914 and 1916, Mr. Hoppe produced a lamp called the Hoppe Brite-Lite that continued to evolve from the Ever-Ready. In 1916, the Harker Mfg. Co. bought out the Hoppe metal shop and continued to manufacture the Hoppe Brite-Lite. In 1917, Mr. Hoppe's name was dropped and the lamp as shown here was marked Harker Mfg. Co. Sometime during the early 1920's (not quite clear), the Harker lamps were phased out and that was that.]  
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Harker Brite Lite Bottom | HARKER BRITE LITE - Harker Brite Lite lamp, with side water feed control, original black paint, variation of cap hook without brace bar, smooth base, oval water door, marked on top PAT. APR. 24-14 with BRITE-LITE superimposed over HARKER MFG. CO. CINCINNATI, OHIO and A DIFFERENT LAMP TRADE MARK REG. below; ex-Bill Collins collection [The history of this lamp all starts with Arphad Snell who patented a lamp in 1911 and arranged with a fellow named Charles Hoppe to manufacture the lamp (Snell lamp) in his metal shop. Mr. Hoppe eventually moved to Cincinnati and made the Snell lamp for a couple years till Mr. Hoppe started manufacturing an improved lamp in 1914 called the Ever-Ready. Between 1914 and 1916, Mr. Hoppe produced a lamp called the Hoppe Brite-Lite that continued to evolve from the Ever-Ready. In 1916, the Harker Mfg. Co. bought out the Hoppe metal shop and continued to manufacture the Hoppe Brite-Lite. In 1917, Mr. Hoppe's name was dropped and the lamp as shown here was marked Harker Mfg. Co. Sometime during the early 1920's (not quite clear), the Harker lamps were phased out and that was that.] Download Original Image
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