I like the 'house brands', a common thing in the years I was growing up. Sears had J.C. Higgins and later Ted Williams, probably the most famous of such brands. Every type of sporting good from bicycles and camp stoves, to baseball gear and firearms. The goods were made by major manufacturers, and sold at a price point lower than that of their 'name brand', often by just a few dollars, which was a big deal for many household budgets in those days. In the example of firearms, a major manufacturer such as Winchester or Marlin, would make a version of their .30-30 lever action, for instance, but with a hardwood stock other than walnut, for Sears or others. This would enable the gun of the same quality to be sold for a few bucks less. And, again, those 'few bucks' were big bucks in households of the time. Many of those house brands now have collector followings in themselves.
Sears and Robuck in the day, it's actually on the label. Great running stoves, a rebranded AGM Kampkook CS 21.
I have a couple of 200A looking Higgins singles, but mine are made by AGM. I'd love to see a pic of your Coleman made one.
great find - i use a similar one albeit slightly newer for car trips. has never let me down and burns anything! frank daniel
My favorite thing about this stove is the home-brewed lighting instructions typed on an index card. Neatly done--nothing crossed out and no typos that noticed. Whoever wrote it is a better hand at a manual typewriter than I ever was. Hang onto it--it's a historical document.
I have proved my point about typing. I meant to write "...no typos that I noticed," not "no typos that noticed." Oops.
