Collecting Batteries

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2024-09-16 05:00:41

In the first photo: Starfire 006P (9V, Hong Kong), Trav-Ler TR-M106 (9V, USA), Flying Bomb BL-006P (9V, Hong Kong), Sears Silvertone 6417 (9V, USA), Novel 006P (9V Fuji Electrochemical, Japan), Electrex X-547 (9V, USA).

Second photo: Bright Star Photo Flash Battery 11P C-cell (1.5V, USA, this one shows an expiration date of Jan ’63), National (Matsushita) C-cell (1.5V, Japan), Burgess No. 2 D-cell (1.5V, USA), New Max UM-2A (1.5V, Japan), Eveready E126 Mercury battery (8.4V, USA), Zenith AA (1.5V, Japan). AA batteries are known (for their use in pocket flashlights that resemble pens) as pen lite, penlite, or penlight batteries.

Third photo: Hoffman D-cell (1.5V, Japan), Philco P 1604 (9V, Taiwan), an old Eveready 950 dated August 1947 (1.5V, USA), Regency 215 (22.5V, USA)– this is a different-style Regency battery than the one that appears in the Regency book, Star-lite UM-2A C-cell (1.5V, Japan), Ray-O-Vac 1604 (9V, USA).

Fourth photo: Mallory RM-412 (22V, USA), Cadet (1.5V, Japan), Eveready E177, an early alkaline battery before they were called “energizers,” NEDA 1606 (9V, USA), Gambles Flashlight Battery No. 635 (1.5V, Hong Kong), Mallory M-1600 (9V, USA), RCA VS334 (1.5V, USA), Pep Boys –made by Cadet– (9V, Hong Kong).