Tuna Can Irons: C. Brown-?

Unknown manufacturer for this tuna can style iron

Top view of unknown tuna can iron.

C. Brown Manufacturing Company of Cincinnati, Ohio made this "Standard" Self-Heating iron around 1913. This iron is unique in have a Tuna Can style fuel tank mounted below the handle. This iron requires a fuel ket to operate. The small hole in the front lower right is for funnel storage.

Top view of C. Brown Standard iron.

Some minor changes for this C. Brown Standard iron with the most notible one being the fuel valve configuration change.

Top view of C. Brown iron.

Another C. Brown "The Standard" iron but this one has a metallic green tank. This iron is in Kevin McCartney's collection.

A Peerless iron made by C. Brown. This iron has square air intake tubes and uses a wrench to adjust the fuel valve.

Top view of C. Brown Peerless iron with only "PAT. APL'D FOR" on the tank.

Same as the iron above except for this C. Brown Peerless Iron has "PEERLESS" stamped into the top of the tank.

Top tank view of C. Brown Peerless iron.

Wrench for the C. Brown iron.

Wrench is used to manipulate the fuel valve on this Peerless C. Brown iron.

All 4 C. Brown irons next to each other for comparison.