Dietz Standard Grade Lanterns

Brief History

Robert Edwin Dietz first began selling whale oil and camphene lamps and lanterns in 1840 at the age of 22.  Robert and his brother Michael patented the first practical flat wick burner especially designed for the then new fuel oil, kerosene, in 1859.  The following decade Robert sold his interest in “Dietz & Company” to begin manufacturing “Irwin Patent” tubular lanterns after buying the defunct Archer and Pancoast Company from a receiver in 1868.  Since that time the R.E. Dietz Company manufactured hundreds of lantern models, and pioneered the automotive lighting industry.  The new lanterns offered below are not reproductions, but are a continuation of production on original tooling and presses, with some models now over 100 years old.  The lantern division of the R. E. Dietz Company moved to Hong Kong in 1956, and all Dietz lantern production ceased in the U.S.A. in 1970.  In 1982 the Dietz lantern factory was moved from Hong Kong into China.  The R.E. Dietz Company was closed in the United States in 1992.  For nearly 150 years, Dietz lanterns have been known around the world as “The Old Reliable.”

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  • 12" Hooded Reflector for Blizzard, Crescent, Champion, Dlite, Lanterns Dietz

    W.T. Kirkman Hooded Reflector

    $45.00 USD
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  • Dietz #1 Little Wizard (Large Fount) Cold Blast Lantern

    $44.95 USD
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  • Dietz #8 Air Pilot Cold Blast Lantern

    $56.95 USD
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  • Dietz #20 “Junior” Cold Blast Lantern

    $38.95 USD
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  • Dietz #30 Little Wizard Cold Blast Lantern

    $38.95 USD
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  • Dietz Lanterns #76 Original Galvanized Lantern

    Dietz #76 Galvanized “Original” Cold Blast Post Lantern

    $49.95 USD
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  • Dietz Lanterns #76 Original Galvanized Lantern

    Dietz #76 Galvanized “Original” Cold Blast Standard Lantern

    $34.95 USD
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  • Dietz #76 Original Cold Blast Lantern

    $34.95 USD
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  • Dietz Lanterns #76 "Original" Solid Brass Lantern

    Dietz #76 Solid Brass “Original” Cold Blast Lantern

    $99.95 USD
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  • Dietz #80 Blizzard Cold Blast Lantern

    $54.95 USD
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  • Dietz #90 Dlite Cold Blast Lantern Blue with Plain trim with clear Globe

    Dietz #90 D-Lite Cold Blast Lantern

    $54.95 USD
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  • Dietz #2000 Millennium Cooker Lantern

    $64.95 USD
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  • Dietz #2500 Jupiter Cold Blast Lantern

    $72.95 USD
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