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American Gas Machine Company (AGM) of Albert Lea, Minnesota were in business from 1896 to 1957. They were a major gasoline appliance manufacturer and they produced gasoline irons from 1911 to around 1950. "Sun Flame" is the name of a product line of AGM.
American Gas Machine Company made this heavy, 12.5 inch long tailor's iron for commercial use. This uses an external pump to pressurize the fuel tank. This iron, with it's nickel plated sidecar tank, was manufactured around 1911.
Top view of American Gas Machine tailor's iron.
Size comparison between the 2 AGM irons. I elevated the smaller iron so both tanks are at the same height to show how big this tailor's iron is.
An AGM tailor's iron which is unbadged so it can most likely be sold by other companies as their own. This iron appears to have a non-plated tank and is in Kevin McCartney's collection.
Another AGM tailor's iron but this one has a bigger, more robust handle than the others.
AGM's first iron for domestic use. This type of iron is commonly referred to as a sidecar iron because the tank is on the side. This iron has "PATENT APL'D FOR" embossed on the top plate. It was produced around 1911.
Top view of AGM's first domestic-use iron.
This iron is identical to AGM's first domestic-use iron. AGM made these sidecar irons for other companies to sell as their own. This one was made for the Incandescent Light and Supply Company of Wichita, Kansas around 1912. Incandescent called this iron "Peerless Self-Heating Flat Iron".
These were the first irons distributed by the Coleman Lamp Company of Wichita, Kansas. Coleman acquired the Incandescent Light and Supply company in 1914, and a surplus of these irons came along with that acquisition.
Top view of Incandescent Light sidecar iron made by AGM.
This sidecar iron was made by AGM for the Tures Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin around 1912.
Top view of Tures sidecar iron.
This is AGM's 2nd iron. It now has a patent date of Nov. 5, 1912 on it. This iron was produced around 1913.
Top view of AGM's 2nd iron showing the patent date.
This AGM iron says "MANUFACTURED FOR GUY HUNTER - DES MOINES, IOWA". It appears that AGM, or their foundry guys, did 'one off' irons as awards, or gifts, or just for fun. This iron appears to have been made right before their No.3 irons so that dates it to around 1915. This iron is not in my collection.
Top view of AGM's Guy Hunter iron. When I did a Google search of Guy Hunter of Des Moines, Iowa from around 1915, I found out that he was in real estate and travelled throughout Minnesota. Maybe that is the AGM connection?
Hans Hanson was the founder of American Gas Machine. Here is his first patent for his self-heating sad iron.
AGM's No. 3 sidecar iron. Has some minor changes over their 2nd iron with the most obvious being the "No. 3" on it and that the top plate is now pointed on both ends, and the iron now has the patent number of 1043421 on it. This iron was produced around 1917.
Top view of AGM No. 3 iron.
AGM's No. 4 iron. Appears to be identical to the No. 3 iron.
AGM's No. 4 iron top view.
AGM's SJ iron. This is AGM's first model iron where they got away from their sidecar irons. Other than the tank, it closely resembles AGM's 2nd iron. This tank does not appear to be the correct tank for this iron as I have found a picture of another one of these irons which shows a tank similar to the Monitor Sad Iron tank.
I found this picture of some AGM irons from the September 2014 issue of Pressing News put out by the Pressing Iron and Trivet Collectors of America (PITCA). The 2nd iron from the left is another SJ iron which shows what I believe to be the correct tank for this iron.
Top view of AGM's SJ iron.
AGM's No. 66 mint green porcelain enameled iron. This iron was produced around 1930.
Top view of AGM's No. 66 iron.
Quirk's Victory Light Company of Melbourne, (and then Sydney) Australia distributed this Victory Iron No. 66 which is identical to AGM's No. 66 iron. Quirk's not only produced their own gasoline appliances, they were also a gasoline appliance retailer, and AGM was their supplier for some of these items. This iron is in George Kyle's collection.
Other side of Quirk's iron.
AGM's No. 67 cream colored porcelain enameled iron. This iron was produced around 1932.
Top view of AGM's No. 67 iron.
AGM's model 6662 iron.
Top view of AGM's model 6662 iron.
AGM's model 6664 iron.
Top view of AGM's model 6664 iron.
Another AGM Model 6664 but this one has an adjustable air intake in place of the air intake screen.
AGM Model 6664 with adjustable air intake.
AGM made this Sun Flame model iron for Sears # 710.2434. The base and top plate should be the same silver/gray color chromium paint as the tank, but the paint is worn away. This iron is from around 1940.
Sears tag on front of the handle of their # 710.2434 iron.
AGM made a Sun Flame No. 6962 that would be very similar to the above Sears #710.2434 iron.
AGM's Sun Flame Model No. 6967 with a gray finish porcelain enameled body.
American Gas Machine tag on front of handle of AGM's Sun Flame model 6967.
Another AGM Sun Flame Model No. 6967 but this one has a black finish porcelain enameled body.
Other side view of this AGM Sun Flame 6967 black enameled iron.
Top view of the top plate of this AGM Sun Flame 6967 black enameled iron.
American Gas Machine tag, on the front of the handle, for this Sun Flame iron.
Ad from 1942 Sears catalog shows this "Black finish porcelain enameled body" iron.
AGM's Sun Flame model 6968 with a maroon porcelain base.
Top view of AGM's Sun Flame model 6968.
This is not a liquid fuel iron but it is very cool. It's an AGM Sun Flame glass iron possibly made by McKee-Glasbake, probably as an award iron or as a gift to AGM Sun Flame from McKee. These were made around the mid 1940's. This iron is not in my collection.
Sun Flame logo from the McKee-Glasbake Sun Flame glass iron.
An American fuel can and pump for these irons.
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