A follow-up question (or two):
All of the light bulbs work. The lighting system is DEFINITELY from a Sturmey-Archer dynohub. As you probably know, the two wires that exit the headlight are actually double wires. I can see where the wire going into the rear tail lamp splits as it enters the light case. Does that change anything you previously said about hooking this system up to the bottle generator?
I actually have a working S-A dynohub. I've neglected to put it on my bicycle because it requires a 32 spoke wheel and my wheels are 36 spokes. I'm beginning to wonder if it might be easier to get the proper wheel off ebay, assuming that I could I still use the 36 spoke rear wheel, but what about the spokes for the new front wheel? They obviously have to be a lot shorter than on a "regular" wheel. Are such spoke (from the 70's) still available, or do I visit my local bicycle shop?
Terry