Carbide Cap Lamps/Shanklin Metal Products Square Brace Front

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Shanklin Metal Products Square Brace Front.JPG - SHANKLIN METAL PRODUCTS II - Hard to find brass lamp, marked on top SHANKLIN METAL PRODUCTS CO SPRINGFIELD, ILL, with the very hard-to-find reflector and brace that are mated by a small square section, ca. 1930, marked on bottom SHANKLIN METAL PRODUCTS CO SPRINGFIELD, ILL, USA, ex-Dave Thorpe and Neil Tysver collections (The Shanklin Metal Products Co. was formed in 1930 in Springfield, IL as a separate company from Shanklin Manufacturing Co. Formed by William Elmer Shanklin, the former president of the Shanklin Manufacturing Co., the company struggled as its cap lamp pictured here competed with the popular Guy's Dropper. In early 1932, the company ceased operations after Elmer Shanklin was found dead from a brain hemorrhage. Following his death, Philip Stein who owned the shop leased by Shanklin resumed business at the same location. Stein apparently took over the sales of the remaining stock of Shanklin lamps selling Shanklin Metal Products lamps that had the name stamping soldered over as shown in a previous pic. It is thought this lamp was manufactured prior to Shanklin's death. see Thorpe, Carbide Light, pp 111-113)

Shanklin Metal Products Square Brace Front | SHANKLIN METAL PRODUCTS II - Hard to find brass lamp, marked on top SHANKLIN METAL PRODUCTS CO SPRINGFIELD, ILL, with the very hard-to-find reflector and brace that are mated by a small square section, ca. 1930, marked on bottom SHANKLIN METAL PRODUCTS CO SPRINGFIELD, ILL, USA, ex-Dave Thorpe and Neil Tysver collections (The Shanklin Metal Products Co. was formed in 1930 in Springfield, IL as a separate company from Shanklin Manufacturing Co. Formed by William Elmer Shanklin, the former president of the Shanklin Manufacturing Co., the company struggled as its cap lamp pictured here competed with the popular Guy's Dropper. In early 1932, the company ceased operations after Elmer Shanklin was found dead from a brain hemorrhage. Following his death, Philip Stein who owned the shop leased by Shanklin resumed business at the same location. Stein apparently took over the sales of the remaining stock of Shanklin lamps selling Shanklin Metal Products lamps that had the name stamping soldered over as shown in a previous pic. It is thought this lamp was manufactured prior to Shanklin's death. see Thorpe, Carbide Light, pp 111-113)

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