William Coffin Coleman
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William Coffin Coleman was a businessman, the American founder of the Coleman Company, a maker of camping equipment, and a politician. He served as the Mayor of Wichita, Kansas, from 1923 to 1924.
Coleman circa 1920
Coleman with two of his employees standing in front of a Baptist railroad chapel car in Wichita, Kansas (1911).
Coleman Lantern
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The Coleman Lantern is a line of pressure lamps first introduced by the Coleman Company in 1914. This led to a series of lamps that were originally made to burn kerosene or gasoline. Current models us
William Coffin Coleman
…Coleman died in Wichita, Kansas, on November 2, 1957, from a heart attack. He is buried in Old Mission Mausoleum, Wichita, Kansas. Coleman Lantern G.I. pocket stove…
A lit Coleman model 220F lantern