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  Wolf NP Flat Top RSide.jpg - WOLF NP FLAT TOP - Nickel-plated Wolf cap lamp with hard to find flat-top style, marked with WOLF CAP LAMP MADE IN USA on top, bottom marked WOLF SAFETY LAMP CO. OF AMERICA BROOKLYN, NY, USA PAT. PENDING, appears to be unfired condition (lamp is earlier date of the 911c Wolf cap lamp with flat top, ca. 1924; in 1925, 911c lamp moved to a domed top); ex-Dave Thorpe collection  (The first Wolf carbide mine lamps were made about 1903 in Zwickau, Germany by the Friemann and Wolf Co.  The Wolf Safety Lamp Co. of America, doing business at the Crystal Building in New York City, imported Wolf lamps to the U.S. prior to World War I.  After the war, Domingo Anglada purchased the company from the Alien Property Custodian and began manufacturing the first American Wolf lamps in Brooklyn.  In general, lamps with the New York City address were of German manufacture and those with the Brooklyn address are American made.  Anglada filed a patent application on May 5, 1920 for a carbide cap lamp that eventually would be produced and marketed in 1921 as the "New Wolf Lamp" model 911c.  As production continued, Wolf continued to make improvements to the sturdy cap lamp design resulting in five distinct varieties of the lamp.  The nickel-plated Wolf cap lamp shown here is the 1924 variety characterized by the "flat top" design.  The lamp was revamped again in in 1925 and was advertised as the "New Model 1925" variety of the 911c lamp.  This lamp is characterized by the familiar domed top that remained as a key feature of the lamp for the remainder of Wolf's production.  In addition to the cap lamps, Wolf also manufactured carbide hand lamps that proved to be popular with the mining community.  A lamp of note is the 1925 Wolf cap lamp model that is often found with the lamp base bottom painted black.  These lamps were used by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s for road and tunnel work.  In 1937 the Wolf Safety Lamp Co. of America bought out the Dewar Manufacturing Co. and continued business at the Brooklyn location.  These operations continued until 1965 when Anglada sold the company to the Mine Safety Appliances of Pittsburgh, PA.  See Van Fleet, Eureka #2, pp 1-6)  
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Wolf NP Flat Top RSide | WOLF NP FLAT TOP - Nickel-plated Wolf cap lamp with hard to find flat-top style, marked with WOLF CAP LAMP MADE IN USA on top, bottom marked WOLF SAFETY LAMP CO. OF AMERICA BROOKLYN, NY, USA PAT. PENDING, appears to be unfired condition (lamp is earlier date of the 911c Wolf cap lamp with flat top, ca. 1924; in 1925, 911c lamp moved to a domed top); ex-Dave Thorpe collection (The first Wolf carbide mine lamps were made about 1903 in Zwickau, Germany by the Friemann and Wolf Co. The Wolf Safety Lamp Co. of America, doing business at the Crystal Building in New York City, imported Wolf lamps to the U.S. prior to World War I. After the war, Domingo Anglada purchased the company from the Alien Property Custodian and began manufacturing the first American Wolf lamps in Brooklyn. In general, lamps with the New York City address were of German manufacture and those with the Brooklyn address are American made. Anglada filed a patent application on May 5, 1920 for a carbide cap lamp that eventually would be produced and marketed in 1921 as the "New Wolf Lamp" model 911c. As production continued, Wolf continued to make improvements to the sturdy cap lamp design resulting in five distinct varieties of the lamp. The nickel-plated Wolf cap lamp shown here is the 1924 variety characterized by the "flat top" design. The lamp was revamped again in in 1925 and was advertised as the "New Model 1925" variety of the 911c lamp. This lamp is characterized by the familiar domed top that remained as a key feature of the lamp for the remainder of Wolf's production. In addition to the cap lamps, Wolf also manufactured carbide hand lamps that proved to be popular with the mining community. A lamp of note is the 1925 Wolf cap lamp model that is often found with the lamp base bottom painted black. These lamps were used by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s for road and tunnel work. In 1937 the Wolf Safety Lamp Co. of America bought out the Dewar Manufacturing Co. and continued business at the Brooklyn location. These operations continued until 1965 when Anglada sold the company to the Mine Safety Appliances of Pittsburgh, PA. See Van Fleet, Eureka #2, pp 1-6) Download Original Image
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