Flashbulb question

Shootar401 · Oct 15, 2014

I was recently given about 240 Wabash #21 flashbulbs, the old foil filled kind. I'm having a hard time finding ANY information on these. I'd like to shoot with them eventually, but the original packaging is long gone, so each bulb was wrapped in newspaper and in a box.

I only shoot bulbs and don't even own a electronic flash so I have plenty of reference material, but these bulbs are not listed in any of them. Can anyone help out?

Thanks

removed-user-1 · Oct 15, 2014

You might contact Cress Photo (flashbulbs.com) and see what they know about these.

snapguy · Oct 15, 2014

Not fimiliar

I am not familiar with the brand but I knew a guy who lit up a quarter of an aircraft carrier's flight deck at night with a few of those. They should throw out a lot of light. Sounds like fun. Good luck.

Bill Burk · Oct 15, 2014

My Wabash flyer from October 1, 1941 only lists flashbulbs like "No. 2" (70,000 lumen seconds). A Morgan Flashguide from 1942 has G.E. and Wabash series of numbers. The Morgan Flashguide positions the Wabash No. 2 very close to the GE No. 21

I have an old GE book from 1942.

GE Mazda Synchro-Press No. 21
Voltage range: 3 to 125
Time to peak ms 20
Approx peak lumens 4,500,000
Total light output in lumen seconds 50,000 - 60,000
Color temp: 3600 degrees K

BrianShaw · Oct 15, 2014

Those bulbs are 0-l-d. Didn't Wabash start being marketed by Sylvania sometime in the 1940s?

snapguy · Oct 15, 2014

Hummm

Is a Walbash flyer anything like a Walbash Cannonball? Just wondering. I am a train nut (also).

mopar_guy · Oct 15, 2014

My 8th Edition of the Photo Lab Index from 1946 has no mention of a #21 Wabash flash lamp. There is a listing of a #21B GE lamp. I have a few Wabash #2A bulbs. The old Wabash bulbs that I have are marked with a cardboard tag the is inside the glass "stem" of the bulb and has the name "WABASH SYLVANIA SUPERFLASH" and the number of the bulb "No. 2A"

mopar_guy · Oct 15, 2014

snapguy said:
Is a Walbash flyer anything like a Walbash Cannonball? Just wondering. I am a train nut (also).

Then you might enjoy this:

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/...-ground-to-a-halt/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

Sirius Glass · Oct 16, 2014

BrianShaw said:
Those bulbs are 0-l-d. Didn't Wabash start being marketed by Sylvania sometime in the 1940s?

Old bulbs work. After all these years they have not forgotten how to work.

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