A common practice in business is ‘jobbing’. A Jobber basically acts as a middle man, Jobbers buy products in bulk from manufactures, and sell them to retailers. This is still a common practice today and is quite important in the supply chain of products. Sometimes Jobbers would have their names put on products. This was extremely common in the hardware business, including lanterns.
Some big names in the lantern trade in Canada didn’t produce their own lanterns, such as the McClary Mfg. Co.
Below on this page are my Canadian Jobber items, including lanterns and globes.