These parts are similar to but not the same as the parts on Companion and Handi brand stoves that were also made in Australia. The tanks, frames, and grates of these stoves are steel, probably due to wartime material restrictions. Based on advertising, this stove appears to have been an earlier model, circa 1941-48. Ltd., New South Wales, Australia, made Eezy-Fyre brand kerosene stoves in the 1940s and possibly into the early 1950s. The preheater cup and openings to the Venturi tubes also appear in the lowest image. Glenn Knapke, whose collection this stove and pump are in, found that the stove has an unusual fuel line/generator (lowest image) that wraps around the main burner as on the much later Coleman 501. This Hummer Camp Stove was made by the Kremer Metal Products Co., a company that existed in the mid-1920’s in Chicago, Illinois. The stove is not instant lighting and requires preheating. This gasoline fueled two burner stove, in Reese Williams’ collection, requires a separate pump (not shown) to pressurize the tank. 552 camp stove possibly in the early to mid 1920s based on the valve design. The Justrite Co., Chicago, Illinois, made this No.
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