need help identifying a stove

[kalamazoofire]

Hello all, i need some info on a stove that we are currently using in the shed:
We know its a Kalamazoo stove, however, we do not know what model and year of manufacture. im hopin someone can help. It is a wood burning stove, on the inside if the left door on the front is the following:
Puritan
Kalamazoo Stove Co
Kalamazoo, Mich
8-18 1934
Im thinking its a Kalamazoo stove, model Puritan, and it was manufctured on 8-18-1934. can anyone confirm or deny this? Any info would help. Thanks!

 

[MountainStoveGuy]

Sounds logical.
You might post a photo to confirm.

 

[kalamazoofire]

Heres some pics to help:

 

[kalamazoofire]

some more:

 

[kalamazoofire]

One more:

 

[begreen]

One more:

Nice looking stove. Here's a little history on the Kalamazoo Stove Co.
http://www.motherearthnews.com/library/1981_September_October/A_Kalamazoo_Direct_To_You
http://www.kpl.gov/collections/LocalHistory/AllAbout/businesses/KalStove/KalStove.aspx

You might want to contact these folks for more info on your specific model:
http://www.goodtimestove.com/antique_cooking_ranges.html

 

[Turner-n-Burner]

kalamazofire,
Are those numbers in the cast iron? If so I'd guess that the 8-18 is a model number or something rather than a date. I'd be awfully suprised if they were changing their casting marks on a daily basis.



-Dan

 

[kalamazoofire]

yeah, those markings are in the iron itself. and thanks for those links, ive got some reading to do

 

[kalamazoofire]

After some more searching, i found that 8-18 is a model number. but im still confused at the "Puritan" does anyone even have a suggestion at what it could be? thanks