All this talk of old lanterns made me go look in my Dad's garage. I found three. The first one below is the first thing he bought for hunting in 1948. It says 220D and B 48 on the bottom.
The next one is one he bought later. It is a 228F with 8 66 on the bottom.
And this one - doesn't know where he got it - probably a garage sale or something. It's says JC Higgins and it was made by Sears. But he's had it a long time. It's unusual.
I don't know if they work - but I would imagine with some cleaning and checking of seals they would, because they worked when he put them away last time - I didn't have time to check them out.
Also found a couple stoves - see next post.
Michele