Does anyone know of a good source for a book of pictures of 1910 to 1920 models of the Home Comfort Wood Cookstove? It seems as if I dismantled mine almost twenty years ago and a quality picture would help in my effort to reassemble. Thanks Jerry

-- Gerald J. Alford (alford@pacifier.com), January 11, 2001

Answers

I have one. It's the king size, white porcelain, wood box on the left, water on the right, oven in the middle. Three circles on top, 2 on right and 1 in middle. Oven Temp gauge says Warm, Mod, Hot, Very Hot. Mine has a white backsplash, but no warmer. Maybe I can help describe what goes where. I have no idea what year it was made. I've searched on-line and never seen one like this exactly.

-- Cindy in Ky (solidrockranch@msn.com), January 11, 2001.

Gerald,Lemans sells a cookbook on the home comfort,which I bought and cannot find at the moment.It has pictures of all the models if I remember correctly.I will see who I may have lent it too if you can be patient I could e-mail you the pics.Its a great book to own anyway if you own the comfort.If you callLemans,they will tell you if the book has a picture of your particular model....I'll go looking now!!!:)...teri

-- teri (mrs_smurf2000@yahoo.ca), January 11, 2001.

The web site http://www.kountrylife.com has quite a few photos of cookstoves of different brands. They do have a Home Comfort one, but I don't know the year. The Cavalier photo is the stove that my parents purchased after marrying.

-- Notforprint (Not@thekeyboard.com), January 11, 2001.

The Home Comfort pictured doesn't look anything like mine. Mine is more in the style of the unidentified one, only the top cook area on mine dosen't overhang like that, and the back isn't like that one. Mine still has the Home Comfort metal words on the left top of the oven. I liked the little Crawford stove in the pictures.

-- Cindy in Ky (solidrockranch@msn.com), January 11, 2001.

I found a picture. This Home Comfort is wood and gas, mine is exactly like it only just wood, with the big cooktop, no gas. I think mine is allot newer than yours, Gerald.

http://www.antiquestoves.com/images/HC_wgas.gif

-- Cindy in Ky (solidrockranch@msn.com), January 11, 2001.

On the internet look up Keokuk Stove works, I think it's in Hamilton, IL. They restore & sell...could probably help you. DW

-- DW (djwallace@ctos.com), January 11, 2001.

Thank you all for your quick response!! What a resource. I have the cookbook that Teri mentioned on order and in the meantime printed out the picture from Kountry living.com. Thanks again Gera

-- Gerald Alford (alford@pacifier.com), January 15, 2001.