Street Light ID Help

made by Kramer. I have two of them.

If it has the old prewar cloth-covered wiring I'm going to bet it is the original NOMA Electric Corp, New York, made in the 1930's.  If the wire has the screw-in plug on the end, that clinches it.  Kramer Products of West Mifflin PA reproduced these in the 1950's, but with modern wiring.  The American Flyer #233 is also similar, but has different details, usually with nickle shades.

There is supposed to be a little tinplate ring or collar that slips down over the top finial to hold the two halves of the lamp post together.  How is yours staying together without the ring?

Thanks, Dave.  What vintage/age?  I thought Kramer was still in existence  (no longer making tinplate items), so the wear and screw base wiring connector made me think something older.  Isn't the connector meant to screw into an old time Christmas tree light socket??

Judging by that lamp socket wires, I hope you can rewire it with modern wire, though it "destroys" the value, unless you are planning these just for non operational show.

one of my lights had the end like yours, the other was cut off when I got it. they both had wire wrapped around the top to hold them together. It sounds like Hojack has it nailed. Thanks!

hojack posted:

There is supposed to be a little tinplate ring or collar that slips down over the top finial to hold the two halves of the lamp post together.  How is yours staying together without the ring?

 

The collar is missing on all of them and someone scotch-taped them to keep them together.  They all have the screw bases connectors so they must be Noma. 

Thanks for the replies, everyone.

Noma was most famous for their christmas lights so maybe the idea was to run a string of christmas lights around the layout, unscrew the bulbs, and screw these in at intervals??  Noma was 1930's.  that's definitely 30's wiring!  Kramer may very well still be in business.   

david