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THE
LEGEND OF THE LIGHT FANTASTIC
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It
was in 1908 that Victor Samuel Johnson perfected an oil lamb with a
unique burner and incandescent mantle as a substitute for the smoky,
flickering, wick lamps of the time.
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He
named it the "Aladdin Lamp" after the magical lamp in the Arabian Night's
story. The name proved appropriate and in a few years millions of people
throughout the world were relying on the new, almost magically brilliant
Aladdin lamps to light their homes.
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With
the spread of metropolitan and rural electrification, the popularity
of Aladdin lamps
as primary light sources diminished, but not their appeal as beautifully nostalgic and practical examples of a time past. |
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In
fact, collecting antique Aladdin lamps has become a worldwide hobby
and many early models are valuable collectors' items. Any of the more
than 20 models of Aladdin lamps available today may be tomorrow's heirlooms,
for they, like the lamp in this package, differ little from the lamps
Mr. Johnson first began selling in 1908. This historic relationship
is further strengthened by the fact that this lamp, and other genuine
Aladdin lamps, are today marketed by ALH, Inc., a subsidiary of Aladdin
Industries, Inc., a major corporation that has grown out of the Mantle
Lamp Company of America, the company established by Mr. Johnson shortly
the turn of the century.
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