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Historic Uses & Applications of the Antique Cylinder Stove
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While the potbelly stove usually receives instant nostalgic recognition, the cylinder stove has also been warming and gracing American homes and establishments, including general stores, western saloons and historic hotels, like the one on the right.
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Vintage cylinder stove keeps the old postmaster company. |
Classic cylinder stove warms men's clubhouse. |
Vintage Cylinder Stove and the Railroad
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Cylinder stoves may not have “gotten
around” as frequently as potbelly stoves, at least within the railroad
industry, but they did make their mark on the railway system. This cylinder
stove was manufactured specifically for a railway car. |
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Antique cylinder stoves were depicted in American art and featured on the cover of popular magazines of the day.
Inluded among them are; Good Housekeeping, Saturday Evening Post, Gentleman's Quarterly and Coronet as shown.
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If Norman Rockwell painted it, then you know it was endearing to the American public, like these vintage cylinder stoves.
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