For sale is a 1950s RAY-O-VAC CHROME BULLET FLASHLIGHT. This flashlight has a ribbed case with a pyramid slide switch and a flash button. This flashlight stands about 6 1/4 inches tall and has a 1 5/8 inch diameter glass lens. Uses two D cell batteries. This battery powered flashlight is untested. The flashlight has a Ray-O-Vac cloud logo. A great collectible vintage flashlight.
The Ray-O-Vac “cloud” design is primarily considered a feature of vintage Ray-o-Vac products from the mid-20th century. The company used the iconic “cloud” logo (often referred to as the “Double Cloud” or cloud-shaped container logo) on their flashlights and batteries from the 1930s through the mid-1950s.
Founded in 1906, James Ramsay, P.W. Strong, and Alfred Landau founded the French Battery Company to produce batteries for ignition systems and portable radios. Later, the company expanded to selling flashlights called the “French Flasher”. In 1927, Charles Lindbergh used Ray-O-Lite flashlights during his famous transatlantic flight. In 1930, the company was renamed to Ray-O-Vac to reflect the company’s use of new vacuum tube technologies. During WWII, the company supplied nearly 500 million batteries to the U.S. military.
