1955 doublehoses and mouthpieces

[vintagefrank]

Yesterday evening, I took one of my vintage books : "Dive" by Rick and Barbara Carrier, first ed. from 1955. There are some things in the Appendix that made me thinking about:

Page 276: "Aqua-Lung regulator, complete with hose assembly Hope-Page non-return valve mouthpiece to prevent water from entering the regulator in hoses"
Did they sell the Aqua-Lung regs with Hope-Pages? Or were the just replacements?

There are mentioned some additional hoses and mouthpieces that I never saw:

Page 278: Supreme Divers replacement hoses and non-return mouthpiece

Page 279: Dive Craft Industries Little wonder non-return mouthpiece all rubber, one-piece construction
Mar-Mac non-return valve fits all types of Scuba, rubber construction.

Does anyone know these parts or has a picture of them?

thanks
frank

[DavidRitchieWilson]

The 1955 edition of the Carriers' book is indeed a treasure trove for those interested in 1950s diving manufacturers and retailers. So is the Skin Diving History website, which I drew attention to a short while ago in another thread.

The Dive Craft Industries "Little Wonder" Non return mouthpiece is illustrated at

www.skindivinghistory.com/mfg_retailers/d/Dive_Craft_Industries/index.html

The Supreme Divers hoses and non return mouthpiece are shown at

www.skindivinghistory.com/mfg_retailers/s/Supreme_Divers/index.html

Hope-Page sources are at

www.skindivinghistory.com/mfg_retailers/h/Hope_Page_Engineering_Corp/index.html

and US Divers at

www.skindivinghistory.com/mfg_retailers/u/US_Divers/index.html

Most of the individual adverts can be magnified by clicking on them.

Hope this helps.

[SeaRat]

frankmdiver said:

Yesterday evening, I took one of my vintage books : "Dive" by Rick and Barbara Carrier, first ed. from 1955. There are some things in the Appendix that made me thinking about:

Page 276: "Aqua-Lung regulator, complete with hose assembly Hope-Page non-return valve mouthpiece to prevent water from entering the regulator in hoses"
Did they sell the Aqua-Lung regs with Hope-Pages? Or were the just replacements?...

thanks
frank

Frank,

My LDS has an Aqualung regulator with a black Hope-Page mouthpiece on the hoses. So it appears that USD did market these prior to coming out with their own version, the Kleer-E-Z hose/mouthpiece system.

John

[Seahuntjerry]

Hi Frank,
Yes Mar Mac made little one way valves and cages and you put them in the one piece hose assembly of the broxton's.
The also made the first underwater psi gauge's and advertised them in the early skin diver magazines.
Jerry

[DavidRitchieWilson]

The Mar-Mac Industries page on the Skin Diving History site is at

www.skindivinghistory.com/mfg_retailers/m/Mar_Mac_Industries/index.html

Their "Save air with the new 1957 SeAir!" campaign certainly represents a bygone age of advertising.

[Seahuntjerry]

Hi David,
Way to cool!!!!!!
Jerry