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Husson Patent Lamp Back and Stick with Keweenaw Copper
Husson Patent Lamp Front and Stick with Keweenaw Copper
Husson Lamp & Stick LSide
Husson Lamp & Stick RSide
Husson Lamp & Stick
  Husson Stick Marking I.JPG - HUSSON PATENT #6 WITH DETACHABLE STICK - Husson No. 6 lamp, tin with copper spout insert and copper heat rod, bottom stamped HUSSON MINERS LAMP PAT. 11.17.03 NO. 6 THE KNIPPENBERG MFG. CO. OSHKOSH WI, stick attachment slot base, unfired condition; with original marked Husson miners wick lamps detachable candleholder stick that holds the Husson No. 2-6 oil wick lamps; the steel stick is 8 5/8 in. long and marked HUSSON PAT. NOV. 17, 03 on the outside edge of the rounded handle, the patent was awarded to Lawrence J. Husson of Norway, MI as No. 744,686; the fact that Knippenberg’s 1906 patent was also issued for thedetachable stick begs the question of how the same detachable stick could receive two patents, 3 years apart (Lawrence J. Husson of Norway, MI was awarded patent #744,686 on Nov. 17, 1903 and August Husson of Oshkosh, WI was awarded patent #892,836 for improvements on oil wick cap lamps. Although the business arrangement is not well known, Philip Knippenberg started producing Husson lamps at his Knippenberg Manufacturing Co. plant at 21 South Main Street in Oshkosh in 1905. Knippenberg patented the detachable stick that fit both a wick lamp and his miners’ patented candle holder and added it to the product line of Husson wick lamps. During 1908 Knippenberg moved his factory to 50 Ceape Avenue. At that time Fred Horn was President and General Manager of the company. In 1912, the Oshkosh Metal Products Co. purchased the Knippenberg Co. and continued manufacturing Husson-named lamps. Oshkosh Metal Products listed C. H. Hartley as President of the company that, in addition to miner’s lamps, did electroplating and sold boating supplies while continuing to operate at the 50 Ceape Avenue address. A variety of Husson lamps numbered 1 through 6 with both single and double spouts, with and without copper heating rods, with six different hook options and detachable stick mount brackets were marketed. In addition, a No. 22 peg lamp attachable to a miner's candlestick was part of the product line as was the No. 20, the peg lamp without the peg but with the screw cap slot for attaching a candlestick. A second newer series of Husson lamps with alphabetical markings A, AA, B and BB also exist. Interestingly, the Knippenberg Manufacturing Co. also manufactured 5 different two-piece miner's candlesticks in addition to the detachable stick under the Husson brand name (see photos of these sticks in the candlestick link). Varying in length from 8 to 12 in., these candlesticks share an easily distinguishable style. See Pohs, Miner's Flame Light, pp 247-249 and Wilson and Bobrink, Candlestick Guide, pp 33-34, 87)  
Husson Stick Marking II
Husson Patent
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Husson No 22 Peg Lamp LSide
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Husson Stick Marking I | HUSSON PATENT #6 WITH DETACHABLE STICK - Husson No. 6 lamp, tin with copper spout insert and copper heat rod, bottom stamped HUSSON MINERS LAMP PAT. 11.17.03 NO. 6 THE KNIPPENBERG MFG. CO. OSHKOSH WI, stick attachment slot base, unfired condition; with original marked Husson miners wick lamps detachable candleholder stick that holds the Husson No. 2-6 oil wick lamps; the steel stick is 8 5/8 in. long and marked HUSSON PAT. NOV. 17, 03 on the outside edge of the rounded handle, the patent was awarded to Lawrence J. Husson of Norway, MI as No. 744,686; the fact that Knippenberg’s 1906 patent was also issued for the detachable stick begs the question of how the same detachable stick could receive two patents, 3 years apart (Lawrence J. Husson of Norway, MI was awarded patent #744,686 on Nov. 17, 1903 and August Husson of Oshkosh, WI was awarded patent #892,836 for improvements on oil wick cap lamps. Although the business arrangement is not well known, Philip Knippenberg started producing Husson lamps at his Knippenberg Manufacturing Co. plant at 21 South Main Street in Oshkosh in 1905. Knippenberg patented the detachable stick that fit both a wick lamp and his miners’ patented candle holder and added it to the product line of Husson wick lamps. During 1908 Knippenberg moved his factory to 50 Ceape Avenue. At that time Fred Horn was President and General Manager of the company. In 1912, the Oshkosh Metal Products Co. purchased the Knippenberg Co. and continued manufacturing Husson-named lamps. Oshkosh Metal Products listed C. H. Hartley as President of the company that, in addition to miner’s lamps, did electroplating and sold boating supplies while continuing to operate at the 50 Ceape Avenue address. A variety of Husson lamps numbered 1 through 6 with both single and double spouts, with and without copper heating rods, with six different hook options and detachable stick mount brackets were marketed. In addition, a No. 22 peg lamp attachable to a miner's candlestick was part of the product line as was the No. 20, the peg lamp without the peg but with the screw cap slot for attaching a candlestick. A second newer series of Husson lamps with alphabetical markings A, AA, B and BB also exist. Interestingly, the Knippenberg Manufacturing Co. also manufactured 5 different two-piece miner's candlesticks in addition to the detachable stick under the Husson brand name (see photos of these sticks in the candlestick link). Varying in length from 8 to 12 in., these candlesticks share an easily distinguishable style. See Pohs, Miner's Flame Light, pp 247-249 and Wilson and Bobrink, Candlestick Guide, pp 33-34, 87) Download Original Image
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