Light International was the brainchild of the late John Claypole in England. He wanted our Guild to have a Journal, so he created one. Over a six year period, John produced 24 issues, printed on his home computer and lovingly assembled by his wife Vonnie on the dining room table. It was mailed to subscribers the world over. The circulation was never great (production time and costs really prohibited more), but the various lampers who contributed articles broke some exciting new ground. The work deserved a much greater circulation than was practical, and ultimately the costs simply out ran the available revenues. In the fall of 2003, John printed the last hardcopy issue. Several us immediately began to scheme as to how we could continue the magazine without the all labor of John and Vonnie, yet with our friend John still functioning as editor. After a couple of false starts, we decided to try doing it on-line, as a part of the Guild site. After two Electronic issues, health issues caused John to retire as Editor. He passed away in March of 2007.

Light International individual articles will stay posted as a tribute to John's hard work, and are presented in Adobe PDF format. These may be viewed on screen, downloaded to a file, or printed directly from the Internet. You will need the Acrobat Reader to access Digest and Magazine copies.

Light International Digest has four articles and one image page posted. To reach the "Digest", click

Digest Index:

• The Problem with Patent Drawings...the Zielder HOUSEHOLD Lamp
  
• Lamps on Stamps
  
• Petromax 834 restoration ["donut" fount lamp]
  
• Berlin Gas Street Lanterns
  
• Variations in Aladdin-UK's Model 12 burner

Light International Vol E7 Issue 2 is available from the Archives by clicking here:

Volume E7, No. 1 is also still available in the Archives. Click here:

Please be prepared for some downloading time, as these full magazine formats are large files