Other U.S. Irons

Alcohol Gas Twin-Burner Safety Iron. This iron is not in my collection.

Top view of Alcohol Gas Twin-Burner Safety Iron.

ACME iron manufactured by the W.H. Baird & Company. 

Top view of ACME iron.

E.O. Ball alcohol self-heating smoothing iron. This iron is very similar to the O.F. Morrill iron further down this page. This iron is not in my collection.

Patent of E.O. Ball alcohol iron.

GEM iron manufactured by the Albert Lea Gas Light Company of Albert Lea, Minnesota. Albert Lea Gas Light Company was in business from 1910 to 1914 and became the Brite-Lite Company in 1914. This iron is not in my collection.

GEM iron manufactured by the Brite-Lite Company of Albert Lea, Minnesota. The Brite-Lite Company was in business 1914 to 1920. The air valve is missing on this iron. This iron is not in my collection.

This iron was manufactured by the J.F. Casey & Company of St. Louis, Missouri.

Top view of Casey iron.

The other side view of J.F. Casey iron.

Heaviest iron tank I ever lifted. 1/4" wall thickness for this brass fuel tank on this Casey iron.

Herbert M. Cooley of Kansas City, Missouri produced The Champion Self-Heating Rotating Sad Iron. This iron is not in my collection.

Cooley patent of his Champion rotating iron.

E.B. Cosby of the E.B. Cosby Construction Company of Abilene, Texas had commissioned the production of these locomotive irons as presentation gifts. The fuel tank is the engine body. These irons were made approximately 1888 and 1889. This iron is not in my collection.

Another Cosby iron. This one shows the patent dates of Oct. 23, 1888 and Dec. 17, 1889. This one appears to be missing it's burner assembly. Below are the 2 patents related to this iron. This iron is not in my collection.

E.B. Cosby design patent for a locomotive shaped iron.

Patent for the Cosby iron.

Crocker & Farnsworth rotating alcohol iron. This iron is not in my collection.

Crown iron by The Crown Hardware Manufacturing Company of Dayton, Ohio.

The Doran iron from the early 1900's. This iron is unique due to the fact that the fuel line goes through the handle to get to the burner, making this a very tall iron that appears to be a bit cumbersome to use and to store. This iron has a replacement nut, used to hold the burner assembly in place, that needs to be painted black.

Top view of Doran iron

Ellyson & Askew rotating alcohol iron. This iron is not in my collection.

Enterprise Iron. This iron is not in my collection.

The Famous Manufacturing Company of St. Louis, Missouri made this "FAMOUS" iron around 1889. This iron is not in my collection.

Rear view of the Famous iron.

Felius Brothers gasoline or alcohol iron.

View of the iron information on the tank cap. "Felius Bro's - Pat. Impt's App'd For - L. Town. Ann ??"

This patent by William Pitt shows an iron that appears to be identical to the above Felius Brothers iron.

Fox revolving iron. This iron is not in my collection.

"Fresco" iron by the New York Flatiron Company of Belle Mead, New Jersey. This iron is very similar to the Pacific Peerless iron further down this page. This iron is not in my collection.

Ideal Sad Iron Manufacturing Company of Cleveland, Ohio. This iron advertised that you could take the top of the iron off and set a pot on the base and boil water.

Top view of Ideal Sad Iron Manfacturing Company iron.

Ideal Company of Springfield, Ohio

Top view of Ideal Company iron.

The Incandescent Light and Supply Company of Wichita, Kansas had this iron made for them by the American Gas Machine Company of Albert Lea, Minnesota. This iron was produced around 1912.

Top view of the Incandescent Light iron.

Jubilee Iron made by the Jubilee Manufacturing Company of Omaha, Nebraska. This iron is from around 1900.

Top view of Jubilee Iron.

A later version of the Jubilee iron. This iron has 2 patent dates on it. . . Oct. 31, 1899 and June 7, 1904.

Top view of Jubilee iron showing the 2 patent dates.

Oscar Monfort of Burlington, Iowa made his Monfort Flat-Iron Heater around 1877. This iron design allows the user to easily get burnt on the exposed chimney. This iron is not in my collection.

Monfort Liquid Fuel Iron patent.

O.F. Morrill alcohol smoothing iron. This iron is very similar to the E.O. Ball iron further up on this page but this iron is missing it's fuel tank. This iron is not in my collection.

O.F. Morrill smoothing iron patent.

New Leader gasoline iron manufactured by the Willmar Gasoline Sad-Iron Company of Willmar, Minnesota. This iron is from around 1890. This iron is not in my collection.

New Leader patent.

Nonpareil iron made by F.A. Bergman & Sons of Chicago, Illinois. This iron is in Ken Faulkner's collection.

The Nonpareil box label.

Pacific Peerless alcohol flat iron by Sunset Distributing Company of San Francisco, California. This iron is very similar to the Fresco iron further up on this page. This iron is not in my collection.

Rear view of Pacific Peerless Flat Iron.

Palmer iron patented October 10, 1911. This iron is in Mike Pagano's collection.

Palmer Sad Iron patent.

The Perfection Sad Iron made by the Perfection Sad Iron Company of Pittsburg, PA. A very unique design as there is a fuel loop that goes from the bottom of the tank, around the burner assembly, and back to the bottom of the tank. This loop will allow the tank to pressurize very quickly using the heat from  the burner.

Top view of Perfection Sad Iron.

Side view of Perfection Sad Iron tank.

Tank bottom view of the Perfection Sad Iron.

Patent of the Perfection Sad Iron.

Rein Self-Heating Sad Iron made by Union Heating Supply Company of Detroit, Michigan. This iron is from around 1895. This iron is not in my collection.

Rein Self-Heating Sad Iron patent.

The Leader iron by the Rindt Company of Louisville, Kentucky. This iron is in Mike Pagano's collection.

This iron was made by the Rock Island Manufacturing Company of Rock Island, Illinois. This iron is in Ken Faulkner's collection.

Top view of Rock Island iron.

Rotary Smoothing Iron Company of New York, New York made this alcohol heated sad iron around 1854. This iron is the first US patent for a liquid fuel iron. This iron is not in my collection.

Rotary Smoothing Iron patent.

Sad Iron Manufacturing Company of Independence, Kansas. This iron is in Mike Pagano's collection.

Sette iron. This iron is not in my collection.

Shaffer-Johnson No. 2 Liquid Fuel Iron. This iron is not in my collection.

Rear view of Shaffer-Johnson No. 2 iron.

Standard Gas Iron. This iron is not in my collection.

Horace W. Tibbals had this iron made by the Geauga Foundry of Painesville, Ohio. This iron is not in my collection.

Other side of the top plate of this Tibbals iron.

Tibbals iron patent.

The Tures Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin had this iron made for them by the American Gas Machine Company of Albert Lea, Minnesota. This iron was produced around 1912.

Top view of the Tures iron.

The Waters iron. This iron is not in my collection.

Top view of The Waters iron.

Waters Patent

"THE IDEAL" iron manufactured by The Worcester Self-Heating Iron Company of Worcester, Massachusetts. This iron was made under the Morrow & Curtis patent of May 20, 1890. This iron is not in my collection.

Top view of the Worcester Iron.

Morrow & Curtis patent that the Worcester iron was made from.

Western Lighting Company of Cleveland, Ohio made this iron off of the John H. Dubrow patent of July 30, 1889. This iron is in Kevin McCartney's collection.

John A. Yarger Reversible Sad Iron made around 1885. This iron is not in my collection.

Yarger Reversible Sad Iron Patent.

Unknown manufacturer of alcohol revolving iron.

Other side of unknown alcohol revolving iron.

Alcohol rotating iron. This iron is not in my collection.

Another revolving iron. This one was made in Montgomery, Alabama. This iron is not in my collection.

Unknown tailor's iron with sidecar tank. The fuel valve knob is missing. This iron is in Ken Faulkner's collection.

Another rotating iron from Kevin McCartney's collection.

ACME iron in Kevin McCartney's collection.