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![Simmons Intermediate Back.JPG - SIMMONS INTERMEDIATE STYLE LAMP - Brass intermediate style lamp by John Simmons Co., top marked S in diamond trade mark, PAT. DEC 17, 1901, BALDWIN PAT. MAR 11, 1913, OTHERS PENDING, with 2 5/8 in. tinned screw on steel reflector, Simmons No. 32 lamp [The Simmons intermediate style lamp represents a transition from the Simmons Pioneer lamp to later lamps such as the ITP and Sun-Ray lamps manufactured by the Dewar Co. after they took over production of the Simmons lamps. The John Simmons Co. manufactured its own cap and superintendent-style lamps marked with the distinctive raised S in a diamond trade mark. One of the last lamp models marketed by Simmons was the Pioneer, first advertised around 1917. The patent dates marked on these lamps are for patent No.688,926 awarded to A. L. Buffington on Dec. 17, 1901 for an acetylene bicycle lamp with burner and reflector on the same axis and design patent No.13,542 awarded to Baldwin on Mar. 11, 1913 for an acetylene generating lamp. These lamps (as shown elsewhere in my pics) were joined by a new cap lamp as shown here and first advertised in 1918. This lamp was designated as a No. 32 by Simmons and unlike the Pioneer lamp, it included wire cap braces and a newer water tank design patented by the Chase Brass Co. of Waterbury, CT. This design patent was filed on Oct. 28, 1919 and awarded to H. T. Sperry, assignor to the Chase Companies, as No. 54,787 on Mar. 23, 1920. These intermediate style Simmons lamps, which include screw on reflectors and distinctive knurling around the top of the water tank, are quite uncommon and are among the last lamps marketed by Simmons before Dewar took over Simmons lamp production in 1919. Dewar took possession of the remaining Pioneer stock and advertised these lamps along with their own brands of the ITP and Sun-Ray lamps. See Thorpe, Carbide Light, pp 45-47]](Simmons Intermediate Back.JPG) |
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| Simmons Intermediate Back | SIMMONS INTERMEDIATE STYLE LAMP - Brass intermediate style lamp by John Simmons Co., top marked S in diamond trade mark, PAT. DEC 17, 1901, BALDWIN PAT. MAR 11, 1913, OTHERS PENDING, with 2 5/8 in. tinned screw on steel reflector, Simmons No. 32 lamp [The Simmons intermediate style lamp represents a transition from the Simmons Pioneer lamp to later lamps such as the ITP and Sun-Ray lamps manufactured by the Dewar Co. after they took over production of the Simmons lamps. The John Simmons Co. manufactured its own cap and superintendent-style lamps marked with the distinctive raised S in a diamond trade mark. One of the last lamp models marketed by Simmons was the Pioneer, first advertised around 1917. The patent dates marked on these lamps are for patent No.688,926 awarded to A. L. Buffington on Dec. 17, 1901 for an acetylene bicycle lamp with burner and reflector on the same axis and design patent No.13,542 awarded to Baldwin on Mar. 11, 1913 for an acetylene generating lamp. These lamps (as shown elsewhere in my pics) were joined by a new cap lamp as shown here and first advertised in 1918. This lamp was designated as a No. 32 by Simmons and unlike the Pioneer lamp, it included wire cap braces and a newer water tank design patented by the Chase Brass Co. of Waterbury, CT. This design patent was filed on Oct. 28, 1919 and awarded to H. T. Sperry, assignor to the Chase Companies, as No. 54,787 on Mar. 23, 1920. These intermediate style Simmons lamps, which include screw on reflectors and distinctive knurling around the top of the water tank, are quite uncommon and are among the last lamps marketed by Simmons before Dewar took over Simmons lamp production in 1919. Dewar took possession of the remaining Pioneer stock and advertised these lamps along with their own brands of the ITP and Sun-Ray lamps. See Thorpe, Carbide Light, pp 45-47] |  Original Image |
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