Very Brief History Colorful Short Lincoln Drape Aladdin lamps are available from the Aladdin Mantle Lamp Company today.All of us remember those magic fairytales of Shakhirizada, which she used to tell to her padishah during thousand and one night. Watson hardware store, Golconda, Illinois, 1937. In 1999 Aladdin Industries sold the lamp division to collector/investors who named theirĬompany Aladdin Mantle Lamp Company, located in Clarksville, Tennessee. Chimneys, wicks and mantles are made in other countries today. Since 1977 the Aladdin burners have been manufactured in Hong Kong while the fonts are made in the USA and England. Only the glass lamps continued to be made in the USA. Until 1963, after which brass lamps were imported from England. In 1949 the company moved their central office from Chicago to Nashville, Tennessee, Smilin Ed McConnell was so popular that he became the "Aladdin lamp man."
The company advertised extensively in newspapers and through radio. In 1928 the company turned solely to franchise dealers some 15,000 in the early 1930s. The agent arranged for local merchants to stock supplies. They demonstrated the Aladdin and often left the lamp in the home for an overnight trial. Lamps, chimneys and shades, changing the name to Aladdin Industries.Īgents were recruited to sell lamps throughout the country and farm land. In 1926 Johnson bought the Lippincott Glass factory in Alexandria, Indiana to make glass He obtained the Aladdin trademark in 1908 and sold the first model of the American-made Aladdin lamp in 1909. Victor Johnson founded the Mantle Lamp Company of America in Chicago in 1908 and imported the Practicus incandescent burner from Germany. Johnson named the Aladdin lamp and founded the company that made it world-famous.
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The Trademark Aladdin and Lox-On are used under license from Aladdin Industries LLC. He writes and publishes books about Aladdin lamps. His avocation is collectingĪnd studying oil lamps. Courter is professor emeritus, University of Illinois. Even when electricity comes, there are a loyal few who profess to use the electric light only to find the match to light their Aladdin." For many, it has been the only light of their entire life. "Later, Aladdin brought this white light to every kind of habitat in every corner of the globe.
It made learning possible for many boys and girls made it possible for them to acquire knowledge that helped them realize their dreams and aspirations. "For those who lit the lamp, trimmed its wick and cleaned its chimney, or just enjoyed its friendly glow, the Aladdin lamp recalls many memories of golden childhood. An appropriate name, indeed, for this revolutionary boon to rural America seemed nothing short of magical in the intensity of its light. Several years later that boy, grown to manhood, found a lamp that erased the darkness with a soft white light and it was only natural that he named the lamp Aladdin. "Nearly a century ago, a very small boy on a Nebraska farm read and re-read the Arabian Nights story of Aladdin in a room of darkness but for the flickering yellow light of an open flame coal oil lamp.
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