Vintage USALite Flashlights - USALite Flashlight Museum

USAlite Swivel-Heads

usalite We'll start out with the first gallery of USALite Flashlights with the Swivel-Head flashlights. I now have 17 in this collection, (not all shown here). You will see a few different swivel-heads in this gallery. I'm missing one that we just don't see come around. That's the solid green swivel head, with the black body. I have the one with the solid red head, (not red swirl) black body shown below. The Flashlight Musuem calls these, ceramic heads. I'm not so sure, as they feel like a hard plastic, just like the black swivel heads.

Not all the swivel heads came with the name plate, same goes for the ring hanger, some had'em and some didn't. Also, some have a ribbed end cap, and some have a smooth end cap. You will also see the red swirl swivel head with and without the name plate. The first one I have seen without the name plate.

As seen above - the redhead swivel-heads have different reds, some have swirls and some don't, some are darker than others. Maybe over time some have faded? Either way, the different reds make'em different from each other. And another reason, to collect another one!

If you haven't noticed this before, why is this the only swivel-head with a hole in the clip? Was it for looks - or to hang on a nail? One of those things we may never know for sure.

The swivel heads came out in the 40's, and were still produced in the 50's. View Here »

The box tells me this is from the 50's. Maybe even the flashlight, if not the 50's, the flashlight would have been in stock from the 40's. Either way, the 50's version.

usalite If you're a fan of the USAlite swivel heads, you might want to read an interesting article about the on going debate as being a GM accessory in the Collectors Corner.

If anyone has a GM catalog, with the USALite swivel-head in it, please send me an email with the photo for the proof. I would really like to see it. So far, we have no proof.

What's different with this USALite swivel-head flashlight? Notice the end cap - it's smooth, the others have rib lines on them. Also has swivel-head printed on the end cap as seen in the photo above. So it's the right end cap for the flashlight.

Magnet Side USALITE Redhead flashlights

NOTE: Hover over top photo to see another side. This Just In - Another swivel-head version! This one has a magnet on the side, and has usalite SW-22 printed on the side. Came with the ring hanger on the endcap. The head is a solid red as you can see, not the red swirl. All looks to be original. The inside is very clean, and works well. Looking at the rivets on the inside and outside, in my opinion, this came from the factory this way.

I've never really cared for flashlights with a magnet. Now that I thought about it awhile - I think I'll keep this one!

NOTE - Click or tap on the photo of the flashlight you want to see, then you can read the information. Click on another photo, and that one will come up.