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COLORADO MIDLAND LANTERN FRAMES

 

 

cmrylantern2.jpg (20306 bytes)        Brass top bell bottom C.M.Ry. made by Adams & Westlake 1882 model

1882CMRyframe.jpg (63339 bytes)  Adams & Westlake "beehive" top bell bottom CMRy made between 1888-1889

89cmryframe.jpg (32218 bytes)  1889 Adams & Westlake single wire twist-off CMRy made between 1889-1892

89cmrybb.jpg (40956 bytes)   1889 Adams & Westlake bellbottom C.M.Ry made between 1889-1892

 

thebuckcm.jpg (29536 bytes)   1889 Handlan-Buck "The Buck" Colo. Mid. R.R. double wire twist-off pot made between 1901-1906

cmbuck.jpg (40051 bytes)   1889 Handlan-Buck "The Buck" Colo. Mid. R.R. single wire made between 1901-1906  (Twist-off pot, prior to the change made later by Handlan-Buck, see "The Handlan" below.)

92cmry.jpg (42330 bytes) 1892 Adams & Westlake bell bottom CMRy made between 1892-1897

cmbtbb.jpg (11925 bytes)  C.T.Hamm Brass top bell bottom CMRR made between 1893-1900

97cmry.jpg (48418 bytes)  1897 Adams & Westlake CMRy twist-off pot made between 1897-1903

cmrr97.jpg (30507 bytes)  1897 Adams & Westlake CMRR twist-off pot made between 1897-1903

cmprier.jpg (25090 bytes)   Prier Brass brass top wire bottom CMRy made around 1900

MMBuck.jpg (18219 bytes)     M.M. Buck tin top wire bottom, single wire guard.  Colo. Mid. R. R.

95cmry.jpg (32425 bytes)   1895 Adams & Westlake CMR-Y twist-off pot made between 1895-1909.  (This one has a globe seat so it was made between 1905-1909)

95 twist off.jpg (37148 bytes)   1895 Adams & Westlake CMR-Y twist-off pot made between 1895-1909.  (Notice this one does not have the globe seat so it is the earlier version of the 95's)

buckcm.jpg (46922 bytes)   Handlan Buck-"The Handlan" Colo. Mid. R. R. made about 1906  (weird bottom version, was twist-off but converted to drop in pot by manufacture.)

rtcmframe.jpg (26383 bytes)Handlan Buck Colo. Mid. R. R.  (This is the other odd style bottom version.  Again, twist-off type, but converted to an inset type base for drop in pot.  Note the dome is identical to the later round top version with the exception of the bail latch)

hanbuckcm.jpg (51014 bytes)   1898 Handlan-Buck "The Handlan" Colo. Mid. R.R. drop in pot.

kestonecmry.jpg (53882 bytes)   1902 Keystone Casey CMRY twist-off pot.

shopcmry.jpg (56773 bytes)   1902 Keystone Casey CMRY (shop stamped) twist-off

colomidrt.jpg (33597 bytes)  Handlan twist-off pot made between 1915 to the end of the CM's operations.  (Referred to as the "round-top Handlan" by collectors, this was the last style used by the Colorado Midland.  This style of frame was manufactured until 1925 which was after the demise of the CM, but you may have a different RR name with this style of frame that was around in 1925.)

 

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