Stoves
By
Country:
USA
A
Coleman
Solus
and
an
LFC
Universal
no
0.
Pictures
contributed
by
Jim
&
Terry
Tradewell
and
Monte
Dodge.
USA
in
the
early
20th
century
was
a
natural
market
for
rugged
portable
stoves,
and
tens
of
thousands
of
Primuses
and
Sveas
found
their
way
over
the
Atlantic.
It
was
only
natural
that
an
oil-producing
country
that
large
should
take
up
production
of
stoves
too.
Kerosene
seem
to
have
been
sidelined
fairly
early
in
favor
of
white
gas
stoves;
a
mindset
more
interested
in
modern
efficiency
than
the
conservative
aestethics
of
the
kerosene
stove
may
have
had
something
to
do
with
that
-
as
well
as
the
availability
of
cheap
petrol,
of
course.
Many
interesting
designs
saw
light
in
the
20's
and
30's;
Coleman
and
AFM
were
two
of
the
biggest
competitors
in
the
market
by
then.
When
World
War
2
arrived
the
military
specs
M-1943
and
M-1950
were
distributed
to
many
manufacturers,
and
American
GI's
brought
these
stoves
with
them
to
all
the
war
theatres.
After
the
war
many
continued
to
make
those
models
and
to
develop
them
further.
Today
Coleman
remain
one
of
the
world's
largest
manufacturers,
along
with
MSR.
Considering
the
long-time
popularity
in
the
USA
of
cars,
it
is
only
natural
that
this
country
have
had
a
large
number
of
car
campers.
The
favorite
stove
model
for
the
family
trailer
and
tailgate
party
was
and
is
the
suitcase-like
white
gas
double-burner;
Coleman
has
produced
a
dizzying
number
of
this
type
of
model
but
are
far
from
alone
on
that
market.
USA
is
still
the
place
to
go
for
the
most
unusual
stove
designs;
pellet
burners,
wood
burners
with
electric
fans,
solar-powered
stoves
and
other
alternative
designs
are
on
the
market
for
the
independent
minded. |
